Philadelphia vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Philadelphia	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2597	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6395	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1516	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$737	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4131	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	99	93
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.6M	1.38M

The cost of living in Philadelphia is 72% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 664th and 3363rd ($2597 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 610th 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 1.6 months in Philadelphia compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Philadelphia ranked 28th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 138th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Philadelphia vs Prague

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	Philadelphia	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1200	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3231	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3404	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2379	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.25	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.9	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.92	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.89	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.31	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.6	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.6	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2066	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19774	$12277

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Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693

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