Prague vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$1836
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	61
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	1.4M	581K

The cost of living in Prague is 26% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 2821st and 4221st ($1778 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Czech Republic and Lithuania, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Prague compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 277th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Vilnius

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	Prague	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522