Paris vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	99	93
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.38M

The cost of living in Paris is 50% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1222nd and 3363rd ($2267 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in France and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check France vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 25th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Prague

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	Paris	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$12277

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

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