Prague vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$848
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	93	46
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.47M

The cost of living in Prague is 85% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 2821st and 5881st ($1778 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in the Czech Republic and Russia, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Prague compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 277th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Yekaterinburg

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	Prague	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$7319

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617