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Cost of Living in Prague

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Prague is widely regarded as an excellent city to live in for a few months at a time, particularly for remote workers or digital nomads who value safety, reliable infrastructure, and walkability. The public transportation system is efficient, frequent, and allows you to reach most places within 20 minutes. Many locals speak English, so language is less of a barrier, and the food scene—especially Vietnamese cuisine—is highly praised. Daily life can be comfortable, with good delivery services, a range of cafes, and plenty of historical and architectural beauty to enjoy on walks.

However, there are common downsides that affect the overall experience. The cost of living has increased significantly in recent years, especially rent and Airbnb prices. Many also noted the city's strained relationship with mass tourism, particularly groups of drunk male tourists, which disrupt both the local atmosphere and visitor experience. Locals can be hard to connect with, and the digital nomad community is considered fragmented, with few centralized hubs or events. Despite its flaws, Prague remains a manageable, scenic, and culturally rich location to spend a season or two, so long as you're prepared for occasional frustrations related to tourism and social integration.

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10 days ago

Honestly one of the best cities in Europe, mind the winter. Amazing food scene, especially Vietnamese. Public transport is superb, and ridiculously cheap if you get a monthly pass. Most people speak English, you have great coffee shops too. Lots of young people and parties. Coworkings are a bit scarce, I’d recommend Locus in Vinohrady as it’s the only one I’ve found with an active expat/nomad scene and caters to them.

16 days ago

Lived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cocktail bars here.

Still very good value for eating and drinking out. But the housing has gotten a lot more expensive. In the end I spent half on my income every month on rent. And you don't want to live in the dead suburbs. But if you can find a good deal in the center you'll be fine. You can walk everywhere. The public transport is excellent in the rare occasions you need it.

It's a walkable and livable city with an extraordinary amount of beautiful architecture and bridges. It's also very green, lots of trees and parks both big and small. Prague is also one of the safest cities in the world, almost feels like a small town in this regard.

2 years ago

Prague is a beautiful city and I like it despite its quirks. I use it as a base in Europe.

It has literally everything you need for long-term living: high-quality food, great nightlife, cool malls with lots of shops, and most people speak English. It even has its own local version of Amazon called Alza, with pick-up stations scattered all over the city, which is great because you usually cannot receive packages in an Airbnb.
The city is very walkable and I love just walking around, looking at the people and the buildings with beautiful ornamented facades & bright colors, and discovering new places.
The transport system is also remarkably good, very reliable and you can go anywhere easily. You probably won't ever need a taxi unless it's very late or you are in a hurry. Because the city is relatively compact, you can get from A to B usually within 20 minutes, which is pretty darn efficient!
Note that Uber Eats does not operate here anymore, but they have an app called Dame Jidlo, which works well.
All of this makes it a very nice city to live in for a few months at a time.

The cost of living is still reasonable, although it has risen a lot recently. Airbnb prices have literally tripled since before the pandemic, and it seems restaurant prices increased ~40%. I suppose this is due to inflation, the Czech crown getting relatively stronger (or devaluing at a slower pace...), the war & the massive influx of refugees.

However, what would otherwise be a beautiful, poetic, romantic historical city, is constantly being sabotaged by the numerous packs of 5 to 20 rowdy tourists (usually >90% or even 100% male) coming to Prague, getting drunk, shouting in the streets, and generally being obnoxious, sometimes even before the sun sets.
When the locals see a group like this, everyone knows they came from the UK/France/Germany to Prague for the cheap beer, the strip clubs, and the decriminalized prostitution at the "sauna club". You will see them too, it will be impossible to ignore them. Their obnoxiousness and disrespect for the people who live here are unacceptable, especially with those super noisy beer bike tours, and I'm pretty sure this is the reason why the locals don't seem to really like tourists here.
Hopefully, Prague becoming more expensive and the fact that the authorities recognized the problem and started cracking down on it will incentivize stag doers and other intellectuals to favor going to Budapest, Bucharest, or Cologne/Hamburg/Frankfurt/Berlin instead. For now, just avoid the historic center & the area around the path to the Prague castle, as the locals do. It is a big overpriced tourist trap anyway.

The second downside is that on top of being hard to befriend locals (reason above), it is kinda hard to meet other digital nomads in Prague because the community seems very fragmented relative to the small size of the city. There isn't really a go-to place or coliving for digital nomads, or a whatsapp group/entity organizing events for DNs that I know of. Locus is taking a bit of an initiative but I hope it grows into something bigger.

All in all, this is a nice place to spend a few months when you need to focus on work or relax & collect yourself. I like that when I go there, I know that there won't be any major troubles, and I will be able to live & work efficiently within an hour after landing at the airport.
Would I spend a whole year there though? Unless I can sit outside on a summer day without a pack of 12 rowdy stag-do sex tourists passing by on a beer bike and destroying my eardrums, probably not.

2 years ago

I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism.
I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay just isn’t for me.

5 years ago

My husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK and more, so I did meet some very nice people and there is a good Expat network there. Not very racially diverse, I noticed this very quickly. Language is somewhat of an issue - unlike say France or Spain where you can figure out some words - in Czech you won't have a clue. Overall though - 2 thumbs up for us!

7 years ago

Possibly the best city to live in Europe, especially in the summer. It's clean, people are friendly, lots of cafes to work, fast internet, lots of Airbnb's, and it's relatively cheap.

7 years ago

Prague is super awesome, it’s a very beautiful city. However, I have learned two things about Prague which I want to share with future travelers and nomads, they are:

- Only use ATMs that has the word “Bankomat” on it, all the other ATMs have really high fees or commission and may even in some cases support organized crime.

- if you need to call the police for some reason, because of e.g. robbery or physical injury, make sure to call the state police or ask for the state police and not the municipal police. The municipal police can be very corrupt and in some cases support organized crime.

That’s my advice, take care.

7 years ago

✅ Very safe

✅ Beautiful architecture

✅ Excellent public transport

✅ Walkable city

✅ Great food scene

✅ Most people speak English

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Warm now

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)

❌ Rising cost of living

❌ Unfriendly or distrusting locals toward foreigners

❌ Loud, drunk tourist groups

❌ Fragmented digital nomad community

❌ Difficult to make local friends

❌ Very expensive

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ People smoking tobacco a lot

❌ High alcohol consumption

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6°C / 43°F cold

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20°C / 68°F mild

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12°C / 54°F cool

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Humidity

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Air quality

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Sun

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Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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$6,163 / mo

22 Mbps

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°

✈️2h

$1,713 / mo

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌤 Feels 34° 93° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 46

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

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🌦 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°

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1,200 remote workers in Prague now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who will be here soon

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	3.03/5 (Rank #28) 1879 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍33 liked it 👎2 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Good
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,131 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 23Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Great
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 29°C84°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 57%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Good: 55 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Good: 56 US AQI
👌 Safety	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Great
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Okay
💰 Income level*	Mediocre: $1,534 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Good
🍸 Nightlife	Great
📶 Free WiFi in city	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Great
👩 Female friendly	Great
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Good
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Czechia
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	23 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 28°C 83°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 29°C 84°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 56 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	Nusle, Prague 4
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	Libeň, Prague 8
🚕 Best taxi app*	Liftago
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 CZK in USD	USD 4.74
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	CZK 10,000 = USD 474
💸 Tipping	Yes, 10%
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Impact Hub
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Locus
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍13% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	8,550,700 visitors
📸 Tourists now	163,874 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	1,300,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$18,406 / year
😤 Population density	🧘‍♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 84% 👱‍♀️ 16%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Alza
🏠 Apartment listings	Sreality
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	WizzAir
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Czech Airlines

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,131 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,128 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$4,682 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,338 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,606 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,571 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$1,108 / month
🏠 Median home price	$425,863
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$75 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$84 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$320 / month
🍛 Dinner	$11
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$2
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$14,585 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$18 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$5 / trip