Perth vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.4M

The cost of living in Perth is 31% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1191st and 2821st ($2338 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Australia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Australia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 12th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Prague

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	Perth	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$15329

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284