Prague vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Prague	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1909	$961
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4454	$2429
🏠 One person rent	$1181	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1992	$651
🍽️ Food expenses	$456	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$98.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2307	$2276
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	53
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	1.4M	686K

The cost of living in Prague is 99% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 2387th and 5951st ($1909 vs $961) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 630th 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 2.4 months in Shizuoka. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Shizuoka ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 285th and 246th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/prague/shizuoka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Prague vs Shizuoka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/prague/shizuoka" target="_blank">Prague vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Prague vs Shizuoka

Prices for goods and services in Prague and Shizuoka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Prague	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$914	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$431
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$323	$175
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.6	$32.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.7%	1.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10243	$5354
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7562	$3664
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.67	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$33.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.24	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.02	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$0.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.81	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$77.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.4	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$35.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$63.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1061	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17389	$16729

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$924
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$929
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$939
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$943
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$947
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1036
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1011
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$945
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$940
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$955
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1043
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$928
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1039
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1038
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1036
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1039
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1038
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1037
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1042
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1031
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1051
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1051
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1052
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$991
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1053
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1054
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1067
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1062
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1078
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1061
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1078
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1052
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1131
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1001
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1059
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$904
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1063