Palermo vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Palermo	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1137	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2768	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$501	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$831	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1444	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	19	93
😀 Quality of life	75	87
🏙️ Population	630K	1.38M

The cost of living in Palermo is 25% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4672nd and 3363rd ($1137 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 122nd and 2nd in Italy and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Italy vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Palermo compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Palermo ranked 49th best city to live in Italy vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1060th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Palermo vs Prague

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	Palermo	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.7	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.66	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.1	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$803	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2117	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.86	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.64	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.8	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.07	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.1	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$296	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9746	$12277

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Cities near Palermo

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 46 mi	Trapani	$938
89 km or 55 mi	Marsala	$1019
91 km or 57 mi	Agrigento	$971
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
140 km or 87 mi	Gela	$941
166 km or 103 mi	Catania	$1161
179 km or 111 mi	Ragusa	$1106
192 km or 119 mi	Messina	$1130
200 km or 124 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
206 km or 128 mi	Syracuse	$1098
246 km or 153 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
258 km or 160 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
263 km or 163 mi	Naxxar	$1486
264 km or 164 mi	Mosta	$1346
265 km or 164 mi	San Gwann	$1555
265 km or 165 mi	Sliema	$1749
265 km or 165 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
266 km or 165 mi	Gzira	$1624
267 km or 166 mi	Valletta	$1583
270 km or 168 mi	Zabbar	$1415
272 km or 169 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
273 km or 169 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
283 km or 176 mi	Cosenza	$1072
294 km or 183 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
297 km or 185 mi	Nabeul	$443
300 km or 186 mi	Amalfi	$1521
301 km or 187 mi	La Marsa	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
309 km or 192 mi	Salerno	$1380
312 km or 194 mi	Naples	$1396
312 km or 194 mi	Aryanah	$465
317 km or 197 mi	Tunis	$535
321 km or 199 mi	Bizerte	$348
321 km or 200 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
324 km or 201 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
335 km or 208 mi	Avellino	$1061
338 km or 210 mi	Aversa	$1101
339 km or 210 mi	Caserta	$1181
339 km or 210 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
344 km or 214 mi	Crotone	$1159

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