Prague vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Prague	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4415	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1957	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2366	$1763
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	75
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.96M

The cost of living in Prague is 67% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2377th and 4901st ($1899 vs $1137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 42nd in the Czech Republic and Japan, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1.6 months in Sapporo. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Sapporo ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 244th and 196th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Sapporo

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	Prague	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$3.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1089	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$247
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$443
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$304	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	2.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10118	$2166
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7415	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.4	$46.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$5.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$24.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$4.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$3.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.7	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1075	$248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19039	$9894

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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

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1015
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1020
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1017
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1016
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1017
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1016
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1020
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1014
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$988
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$983
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$954
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1008
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1010
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1009
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1040
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$988
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$914
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$909
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$992
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1001
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$914
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$993
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1000
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$964
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$990
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$972
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$984
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1055
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$979
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1017
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1017
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$991
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1000
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$995
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1061