Iceland is 97.6% more expensive than Czech Republic.

If you lived in Iceland instead of Czech Republic, you would:

pay 99.6% more for restaurants

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.44
Kč156.67
$15.00
kr2,051
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$6.60
Kč160.57
$12.33
kr1,686
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
Kč31.70
$2.20
kr301

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Bread
1 loaf
$1.07
Kč26.08
$3.14
kr430
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.26
Kč103.68
$5.86
kr801
Milk (1 gallon) $3.04
Kč73.84
$5.16
kr706

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pay 2.2 times more for transportation

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.29
Kč177.28
$7.21
kr986
Monthly public transit pass $19.37
Kč471.10
$85.09
kr11,636
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,799.12
Kč530,116.51
$27,857.83
kr3,809,558

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$17.90
Kč435.34
$66.89
kr9,148
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $463.62
Kč11,274.32
$1,349.42
kr184,533
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $401.06
Kč9,753.16
$1,143.63
kr156,391

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pay 35.4% less for childcare

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $300.26
Kč7,301.73
$277.52
kr37,951
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,685.45
Kč186,896.77
$2,822.44
kr385,968

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.60
Kč38.93
$7.85
kr1,074
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.07
Kč50.43
$4.10
kr561
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.83
Kč117.39
$11.37
kr1,555

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pay 86.8% more for clothing

 
Czech Republic
Iceland
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$69.21
Kč1,683.00
$117.41
kr16,056
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$37.61
Kč914.54
$55.13
kr7,539
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$74.68
Kč1,816.17
$156.49
kr21,401

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