Cost of living in Prague

Monthly budget by household and lifestyle

Choose who you are budgeting for. The total covers rent, utilities, groceries, transport, mobile and internet, eating out and leisure.

• Rent in Prague

  17,000 CZK – 22,000 CZK

  Monthly rent for an unfurnished or lightly furnished flat, excluding utilities.

  Rent varies more by district than by anything else on this page. A 2+kk in Praha 2 and the same flat in Praha 9 can differ by 10,000 CZK a month. Published medians in mid-2026 sat around 19,000 CZK for a studio and around 25,000 CZK for a 2+kk, but individual listings sit well either side of that. Agency fees, a deposit of two to three months and separate utility charges come on top.

  • Expats.cz — what you'll pay for a studio, one-bedroom or family flat (June 2026)
  • TheExpatCity Prague Rent Map, Q2 2026 (585 sampled listings)
  • Deloitte Rent Index — quarterly Czech rent series

• Utilities cost in Prague

  3,000 CZK – 4,500 CZK

  Energy, water, heating, building service charges and waste, billed monthly with an annual settlement.

  Many rentals quote a fixed monthly advance (záloha) with a reconciliation once a year, so you may receive a refund or an extra bill. Older buildings without insulation cost noticeably more to heat in winter.

  • ČSÚ — consumer prices and inflation

• Groceries cost in Prague

  6,000 CZK – 8,500 CZK

  Supermarket shopping for meals cooked at home.

  Discount chains such as Lidl, Kaufland, Penny and Albert Hypermarket are consistently cheaper than small city-centre convenience branches. Imported, halal, kosher and specialist products cost more.

  • ČSÚ — consumer prices and inflation

• Transport cost in Prague

  600 CZK – 800 CZK

  Public transport passes for the whole household, using PID's own published fares.

  Buying an annual pass instead of monthly ones is the single biggest saving. Children, students and people over 65 pay heavily reduced fares or travel free. The comfortable range assumes some taxi or ride-hailing use, and no car costs are included.

  • PID — Prague Integrated Transport fares and passes

• Mobile and internet cost in Prague

  700 CZK – 1,200 CZK

  Home internet plus mobile plans for the household.

  Home internet is often already included in the building's service charges. Virtual operators are cheaper than the three main networks for the same coverage.

  • ČSÚ — consumer prices and inflation

• Eating out cost in Prague

  2,500 CZK – 5,000 CZK

  Restaurants, weekday lunch menus, cafés and pubs.

  The weekday lunch menu (denní menu) is by far the cheapest way to eat out. Tourist-area restaurants in Praha 1 charge several times what a neighbourhood pub charges for the same dish.

  • ČSÚ — consumer prices and inflation

• Leisure and other costs in Prague

  2,500 CZK – 5,000 CZK

  Sport, culture, childcare or clubs, household items and everything not listed above.

  Public nurseries and after-school clubs are inexpensive but heavily oversubscribed; private and international options cost several times more and are not included here. Health insurance is a separate obligation, not a leisure cost.

Curated snapshot, last reviewed 12 September 2026. These are not live prices.

Rent in Prague depends on the district

There is no single meaningful Prague rent figure. The same 2+kk flat can cost 10,000 CZK a month more in Vinohrady than in Letňany. Compare areas before you commit, and treat any city-wide average as a starting point only.

Official property prices and inflation

Read live from the Czech Statistical Office open-data API, so these update themselves.

Live dataSource:ČSÚ property prices (dataset CEN0402)Published by Český statistický úřad (Czech Statistical Office).· Checked 12 September 2026

Inflation series: ČSÚ inflation rate (dataset CEN0101H), published by Český statistický úřad (Czech Statistical Office).

These are purchase prices, not rents. The statistical office does not publish an open rental-price series, which is why the rent figures above are curated from published market reports instead.

Average salary in Prague

Prague pays the highest wages in Czechia. Average gross monthly earnings in the capital have been running roughly a fifth above the national average, in the region of 55,000 to 60,000 CZK gross. Net pay after income tax and social and health insurance is typically around three-quarters of the gross figure, so a 60,000 CZK gross salary lands closer to 45,000 CZK in the bank. Medians are well below averages, because a small number of very high salaries pull the average up.