Perth vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Perth	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2562	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5745	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1566	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2350	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$224	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4370	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	96	89
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.4M

The cost of living in Perth is 35% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 791st and 2377th ($2562 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 1.2 months in Prague. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 11th and 244th 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	$16.4	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.4	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1736	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2661	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.93%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6868	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5243	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.45	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.91	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.1	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2283	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$19039

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1831
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2239
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1986
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2018
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1604
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2355
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1905
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$504
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$493
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$387
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$780
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1115
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1606
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$566
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1493
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$2065
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2179
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$416
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$358
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1896
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1813
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1933
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$386
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$450
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$428
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$437
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2543
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1834
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$499
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$500
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$402
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340