Prague vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$3342
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	86
😀 Quality of life	89	99
🏙️ Population	1.4M	2.79M

The cost of living in Prague is 28% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 2821st and 918th ($1778 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the Czech Republic and Canada, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Prague compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 277th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Toronto

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	Prague	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043