City comparison
Cost of living in Rome vs Prague
One person needs about €1,777 a month in Rome and €1,618 in Prague, rent included — Prague is 9% 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 Rome on €3,000, you need
€2,732/ month net
9% less than today (-€268)
- Rome today
- Basket €1,777 · left over €1,223 (41%)
- Prague at the matched salary
- Basket €1,618 · left over €1,114 (41%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 179% over in Prague (comfortable) vs 129% in Rome. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇮🇹 Rome
Cheap transport and cheap coffee; bureaucracy and low local wages are the trade-off.
Monthly budget: €1,777
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 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 Rome or Prague?
On salary, Prague pays more for tech roles (€2,900 versus €2,300 a month), so the money left over after costs is €1,282 in Prague at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €1,150 in Rome against €1,050 in Prague. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Rome at 72 and Prague at 79 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.