Japan is 27.7% more expensive than Czech Republic.

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

pay 21.5% less for restaurants

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.39
Kč173.32
$6.87
¥1,040
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.56
Kč177.38
$5.20
¥787
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.48
Kč34.68
$1.13
¥172

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pay 92.5% more for groceries

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Bread
1 loaf
$1.39
Kč32.68
$1.58
¥240
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.18
Kč121.55
$6.69
¥1,013
Milk (1 gallon) $3.67
Kč85.96
$5.53
¥837

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pay 85.7% more for transportation

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.57
Kč177.65
$4.79
¥725
Monthly public transit pass $20.53
Kč481.42
$77.51
¥11,736
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,012.86
Kč586,649.04
$20,322.73
¥3,077,188

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pay 7.3% more for housing

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$20.79
Kč487.64
$36.05
¥5,458
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $573.03
Kč13,439.80
$586.71
¥88,837
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $491.37
Kč11,524.47
$401.57
¥60,804

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pay 23.6% more for childcare

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $335.84
Kč7,876.79
$343.45
¥52,004
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,534.54
Kč200,168.21
$12,362.75
¥1,871,919

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pay 30.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.88
Kč44.08
$3.03
¥459
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.63
Kč61.75
$3.16
¥479
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.88
Kč137.95
$4.29
¥650

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pay 23.8% less for clothing

 
Czech Republic
Japan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$76.47
Kč1,793.43
$43.55
¥6,594
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$37.50
Kč879.42
$32.13
¥4,864
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$84.38
Kč1,979.06
$59.61
¥9,026

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