Portland vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Portland	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2572	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6077	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1546	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2651	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$653	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4802	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	89	92
😀 Quality of life	90	86
🏙️ Population	653K	1.38M

The cost of living in Portland is 57% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 662nd and 3084th ($2572 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 590th 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 1.9 months in Portland compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Portland ranked 32nd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 141st and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Portland vs Prague

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	Portland	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.4	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1292	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2860	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2275	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.8	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3653	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3326	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.7	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.69	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.16	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.9	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.97	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.02	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$189	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.6	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.4	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1700	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16661	$12545

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Cities near Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2298
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2289
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2215
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2245
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2372
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2288
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2246
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2363
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2293
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2035
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2212
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2121
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2234
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2212
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2406
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2482
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$2092
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2109
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2019
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2155
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2577
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$1974
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2252
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2534
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2435
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2307
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2589
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2417
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1778
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2774
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2655
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2348
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2797
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2449
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2172
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1908
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2819
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2512
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2489

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141