Summary of cost of living in Prague, Czech Republic:
Restaurants | Edit | Range |
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 10.35 $ | |
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 49.86 $ | |
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 8.31 $ | |
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 2.49 $ | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 2.91 $ | |
Cappuccino (regular) | 3.07 $ | |
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 1.74 $ | |
Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.38 $ | |
Markets | Edit | |
Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 3.91 $ | |
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 1.23 $ | |
Rice (white), (1 lb) | 0.94 $ | |
Eggs (regular) (12) | 2.57 $ | |
Local Cheese (1 lb) | 5.25 $ | |
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 3.76 $ | |
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 5.38 $ | |
Apples (1 lb) | 0.78 $ | |
Banana (1 lb) | 0.74 $ | |
Oranges (1 lb) | 0.89 $ | |
Tomato (1 lb) | 1.41 $ | |
Potato (1 lb) | 0.56 $ | |
Onion (1 lb) | 0.53 $ | |
Lettuce (1 head) | 1.43 $ | |
Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.72 $ | |
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 6.23 $ | |
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.97 $ | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.99 $ | |
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 6.40 $ | |
Transportation | Edit | |
One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 1.25 $ | |
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 22.85 $ | |
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 2.08 $ | |
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 2.14 $ | |
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 14.96 $ | |
Gasoline (1 gallon) | 5.99 $ | |
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 24,929.26 $ | |
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 26,569.18 $ | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit | |
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 282.66 $ | |
Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data | 25.35 $ | |
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 19.80 $ | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit | |
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 62.97 $ | |
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 15.40 $ | |
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 10.39 $ | |
Childcare | Edit | |
Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 745.04 $ | |
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 12,686.23 $ | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit | |
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 79.95 $ | |
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 35.54 $ | |
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 90.13 $ | |
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 108.47 $ | |
Rent Per Month | Edit | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 1,089.99 $ | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 819.90 $ | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,956.95 $ | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,377.50 $ | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 696.46 $ | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 491.09 $ | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit | |
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 1,848.54 $ | |
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 5.45 |
Cost of Living in Ricany (Říčany) | 15.00 miles |
Cost of Living in Kralupy nad Vltavou | 20.14 miles |
Cost of Living in Kladno | 20.23 miles |
Cost of Living in Beroun | 20.86 miles |
Cost of Living in Cesky Brod | 26.27 miles |
Cost of Living in Benesov | 28.84 miles |
Cost of Living in Nymburk | 33.12 miles |
Cost of Living in Melnik | 35.45 miles |
Cost of Living in Pribram | 38.10 miles |
Cost of Living in Louny | 39.25 miles |
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Housing plus “poplatky” in an own living arrangements (small flat/studio) will set you back at least 1000 euro right now, I’d venture to say you’ll have trouble finding something in that budget.
If sharing, then 15-17000 Kč is what you’ll spend, plus of course your food, transport, minimal entertainment budget, so even for sharing staying within 25000Kč/1000€ will be tough unless you’re the solitary monk/nun type.
Prague is NOT a cheap destination anymore, for students or expats, it has its positives of course, but as a young person trying to start a career, you’ll make a big mistake in choosing Prague over any major city in Germany, NL, BE, Scandinavia and even places like Sofia, Bucharest, also Spain…
Prague is more and more gentrified and upscale in costs, without a fundament in quality of living really, when compared to some of those places,
Just my 2c - living here for +12 years and watching, sadly, the transformation of Prague that was vs this gold-foiled, spoiled, Prague now. Probably the best example of nouveau-riche type of vibe and behavior in CEE right now
Automotive industry and working in 2 major european laguanges, with posibilty of working in 1 or 2 more big european languages (markets)
Would I be okay to live in Prague with a salary of a nurse there around 40.000CZK?
New in town. Just wanted to know if I could live with 15.000kc without rent in Prague. Not thinking in any luxury, just gym, grocery, some dining outside/beer, etc.
Thank you
Such a pity, an example of how greed can just overtake everything
Nobody is here to answer Fronodo question? I'm also looking for an answer.
Is 5000 EUR Gross Salary is enogh to live in Praque as a family ( 1 child) ?
Thanks
Prague / CZK per month
2023
Role: Lower Average Upper
Logistics Manager 100,000 130,000 160,000
Supply Chain Manager 100,000 120,000 140,000
Didn't find exactly for the position as Head of Logistics Department.
I need your valuable idea to move from Istanbul to Prag. I find a job as manager and they offered monthly 150K Gross , net 115K CZK (4700 EUR). I have a child who is juts 18 months old.I would like to know if this wage is enough to live in Prague with my wife and 1 child. Considering that my daughter will go to kindergarten and will have expenses, how much do you think it would be enough to earn a monthly income together with other expenses such as house rent etc.? Also, since I will be working in a position such as "head of department / logistics", if you have any information about how much the monthly salary of such a position should be in CZ, I would appreciate if you share it.
just to add, Qatar is one of the safest countries in the world and its full of muslims, so your comment doesn't make any sense
You should consider having some muslim friends before talking no sense about muslims amd africans, every country has good people and bad people don't generalize
15000czk should be good for 4 days stay if you use public transportation.
What will be the salary needed in Prague for a family of 2 adults and 2 little children?
Thanks
I am considering moving to the Czech Republic, keeping my current job and a gross salary that would equal 83,240 CZK / month. I want to bring my gf with me who doesn't work (at least not in the beginning). How well would we do with a more conservative and not lavish lifestyle? We do want 2 to 3 bedrooms but nothing super fancy and go for more pragmatism than anything else.
I've been offered 1.500 euro net salary. No accommodation included, I'll have to pay for rent, utilies, etc.
Do you think it is enough for one person?
Czech salaries are THE WORST, lowest by far of any European country that one would want to live in. Praha is still a beautiful place, but I'm content to visit every couple of years and take in the anti-visitor vibes from afar. Those who spoke about Czechs' inhospitable welcome to foreigners (especially North Americans) know in which they speak. Czechs are very zenophobic and the bureaucracy is mind-numbing. Count in weeks (but probably months, if not years) to get any little thing resolved. If it involves the government, forget it.
I nearly married a Czech woman, but so glad I didn't. I'm now spending less than a fourth of my income in the States on housing, travel any time I wish, have an American partner (fit, beautiful, red head, golfer) who is delightful. Passing on Czech was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Take it from a guy who thought about being an ex-pat in Czech: it may sound romantic, but it's really just a huge PITA. Better to stay in North America and visit from time to time. And get out while you can.
Xenophobia, unpleasant attitude especially in government offices, frauds (because as immigrant you don’t have many rights to protect yourself against citizens, which they use every day): You will give all of your money to the Czech, and when there will be nothing to take from you they will throw you out.
I was hoping to escape Canada where it is impossible to have a family and go back home to Czech but it is depressing to read comments here that say software engineers will just barely survive on average software salary.
It's still a vibrant, welcoming city with great people all around.
The cost of rent is higher than stats here, food also, its not correctly adjusted to current costs.
1 person cannot have a decent life of less than 45-50 000 CZK net , and for a family with 1-2 kids, you need to be earning well above 100 000 to live well here. Which isn’t the reality for many. Property has doubled in price in the last 5-6 years, rents have not doubled but its catching up, whilst salaries moved maybe 30-35% in the same period. With this last wave of increases in price of everything, it means the quality of life for most folks took a nosedive and will continue to do so for sometime, as the city has no solution to the housing shortage that is the main pain point in this city, by far.
Costs vs earning just don’t compute, and the locals are still rushing in a frenzy to buy up property.
The only way for a reset to happen is the hard way, when some people will start failing on payments.
Czechia adopted full-on the worst version of bottomless capitalism and it has pretty much destroyed what used to be a nice, wholesome country.
This city became too expensive. Probably the worst rent/salary ratio in Europe.
1. What is the cost of groceries?
2. Cost of rent?
3. Cost of education for my 2-year-old kid?
4. decent savings amount ?
If you are a standard Germanic guy German, Canadian (Quebecians are Latin/Romanic, but nevermind) and American, then Czech Republic is normal journey for you. There are many Eastern Europeans working in USA, Canada and Germany.
Prague is not a cheap place and it is in many aspects more expensive than any average German city including Berlin,(supermarket food and groceries, real estate, going to restaurants etc) and the cost of living is very comparable with top cities like Wien, Frankfurt etc.
Coming to the point of 80K gross for a family of 3 which means 63/4K net per month, in my opinion you will be in survival mode at the best as you will have the following expenses every month:
>renting a low end 3KK will cost you at least 20/25K czk per month + 5/6K in bills and probably more with new electricity prices etc. If you want to consider a more realistic price for a decent 3KK, I would estimate 30K czk going up. People saying that are paying way less than that, it is because they are on old renting contract but now these old prices do not exist anymore.
> Food and groceries for 3 people will costs you at least 12K per month on a very basic diet. If you eat a vegetables rich diet and fish be prepared to increase your budget by 50%/100%.
> Public transport costs are cheap. I do not remember but it should cost 500/600 Czk per person.
> After just all basic expenses you will be left with probably not more than 20/22K per month which in my view is not enough for building some financial savings, unexpected expenses, going out once a week with a family and have some good time, save money for holiday etc.
To summarize, with that salary you will have a very simple life.
Prague is a fantastic city to live - i am comparing 27 years living in Germany. There's 0% (!) unemployment rate in Prague, the public transportation is working and in Prague the most people are speaking better English than e.g. in Stuttgart/Germany.
Prague is full of culture, activities, definitely anything else then boring. It's a small country but hat's the plus: in 1 - 1,5 hours from Prague you are in some mountains, there's relatively plenty of water, lot of green. There's a reason why some areas are compared with Italy's Tuscany.
Ok, you might get 40% more salary in Germany or Austria but potentially 60% higher cost of living. Just compare the figures.
Unless you choose a really small place, around 25k will go on rent + expenses alone which is 42% of your income. If your partner plans to get a job too…different story
If you come alone, renting will take at least 10000-12000 czk. Food could be around 5000 czk in a month. You will end up having 8000-9000 free money for other things. For my opinion it is not worth for moving for Prague for that money.
1. Economic growth is one of the highest in EU, on par with Poland
2. Unemployment rate is very low
1. One of the lowest crime rates in Europe (For example Germany is overally safe, but assault rate is way higher)
2. Climate is better, than in UK, Germany, Netherlands or Belgium because of noticeably less rainy days. And of course way better than in any country of Northern Europe
Pros :
1. Prague is beautiful
2. Not so expensive place compared to neighbourhood countries
3. A lot of things to do in the city (concerts, bars, clubs, museums and etc.)
4. The city is close to other interesting cities (Berlin, Vienna, Krakow) and quite cheap to get there.
5. Quite big expat groups
6. Public transport works almost perfect
Cons:
1. Prague is getting more and more expensive city
2. Local people are cold and not friendly to immigrants. It makes difficult to adapt here.
3. Most people dont speak English. So probably they will not understand English in you local shop.
4. A lot of Ukrainians workers
5. Salaries are not as high as in neighbourhood countries as Germany and Austria
6. Quality of food is not great. Not so many fish products
7. Apartments are getting more and mor expensive. Mortgage is difficult to pay with Prague salary.
8. Long queues to wait for a doctor.
For 2 people you will need around 70000 CZK for good living for 2022 year.
We are a family of 2, and we have found a house with all included (heating, electricity, internet, etc) at 20000czk.
Is the rest of the salary enough for the supermarket, some savings for a vacation, and shopping for usual things when needed?
We also hope that my spouse will find a job in 2-3 months.
If you live alone, it could be enough,but try to get at least 1800 eur. If it is it related job you can get even more like 2000 eur. You can find place wi 15k czk suitable for 1-2 persons
I was thinking of a salary 1600 euro after taxes Can I find a place in Prague for 15000czk? I was thinking of tje following expenses in euros:700 apartment, 300 food, 100 a pair of shoes or similar and I would be left with 500 euro to spend or save.
Does this sound reasonable?
What is the average cost of living for two adults and a child including rent in Euros?
I will be renting on the edges of Prague as the work isnt in the City center?
Whats the average net salary that if you have will be covering all your needs?
Thanks in advance