Prague vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$2042
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	89	85
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.86M

The cost of living in Prague is 10% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2821st and 2069th ($1778 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 277th and 444th 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	$9.76	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349