Leipzig vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Leipzig	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1449	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3571	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$688	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1289	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$499	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2807	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	72	92
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	616K	1.38M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 12% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 3925th and 3084th ($1449 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 535th and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Leipzig compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Leipzig ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 80th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Prague

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	Leipzig	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.2	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1250	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.5	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4637	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.9	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.45	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.11	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.6	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$394	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10026	$12545

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1347
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1349
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1360
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1320
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1342
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1365
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1273
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1365
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1345
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1384
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1170
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1306
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1210
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1376
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1330
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1191
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1393
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1095
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1306
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1231
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1387
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1379
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1354
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1386
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1211
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1215
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1387
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1367
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1386
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1413
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141