Prague vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$2644
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	52
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	1.4M	686K

The cost of living in Prague is 74% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 2821st and 5380th ($1778 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 315th 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 1.3 months in Prague compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 277th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Shizuoka

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	Prague	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$19584

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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

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068