Prague vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Prague	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1641	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3833	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$1005	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$1751	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1865	$1789
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	92	95
😀 Quality of life	86	86
🏙️ Population	1.38M	2.6M

The cost of living in Prague is 42% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 3084th and 4715th ($1641 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Czech Republic and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Prague compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 292nd and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Taipei

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	Prague	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.73	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$756	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1872	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1359	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7685	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5446	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.2	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.79	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.93	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.79	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.8	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12545	$18424

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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

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605