Prague vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Prague	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3619	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$923	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1662	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1671	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	85	83
🏙️ Population	1.36M	1.86M

The cost of living in Prague is 5% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 3308th and 3564th ($1531 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Prague compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 273rd and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Warsaw

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	Prague	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.17	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.6	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.66	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$926	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$679	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1804	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$266	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.07%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5167	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.4	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.66	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.6	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.65	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$583	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11372	$11854

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385