New York City vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.38M

The cost of living in New York City is 194% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3rd and 3363rd ($4441 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1.2 months in Prague. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 22nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Prague

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	New York City	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$12277

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120