City comparison
Cost of living in Lisbon vs Prague
One person needs about €1,874 a month in Lisbon and €1,618 in Prague, rent included — Prague is 14% cheaper overall.
Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle
Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.
To live in Prague the way you live in Lisbon on €3,000, you need
€2,590/ month net
14% less than today (-€410)
- Lisbon today
- Basket €1,874 · left over €1,126 (38%)
- Prague at the matched salary
- Basket €1,618 · left over €972 (38%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 179% over in Prague (comfortable) vs 128% in Lisbon. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇵🇹 Lisbon
Visa-friendly and well connected, but local salaries lag far behind expat-driven rents.
Monthly budget: €1,874
Sources: Statistics Portugal (INE) + Eurostat, HICP & house-rent statistics (2025) · 331 community reports
🇨🇿 Prague
Central Europe's best-connected mid-price city, with a strong dev-hiring market.
Monthly budget: €1,618
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
Should you move to Lisbon or Prague?
On salary, Prague pays more for tech roles (€2,900 versus €2,400 a month), so the money left over after costs is €1,282 in Prague at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €1,300 in Lisbon against €1,050 in Prague. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Lisbon at 83 and Prague at 79 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.