Prague vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Prague	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4415	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1957	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2366	$1351
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	93	65
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	1.4M	12.7M

The cost of living in Prague is 138% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2377th and 6776th ($1899 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 29th in the Czech Republic and China, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1.7 months in Suzhou. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 244th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Suzhou

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	Prague	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1089	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$304	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10118	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7415	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.4	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.7	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1075	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19039	$20341

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635