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United Kingdom vs. Czech Republic Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 86.5% more expensive than Czech Republic overall.

Restaurants: pay 55.1% more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 27.8% more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 84.3% more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 3.2 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 93.0% more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 11.7% more in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, housing, restaurants, and groceries in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Czech Republic. Notably, childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Czech Republic Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Czech Republic, you would:

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pay 55.1% more for restaurants

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.70 CZK161.04	$18.70 £13.69	+143.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.61 CZK159.31	$9.25 £6.78	+21.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.59 CZK33.34	$2.23 £1.64	+40.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.35 CZK28.26	$1.57 £1.15	+15.9%
Average			+55.1%

Czech Republic vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 27.8% more for groceries

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.29 CZK26.94	$1.53 £1.12	+18.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.47 CZK114.36	$4.35 £3.19	-20.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.90 CZK81.50	$5.92 £4.34	+52.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.64 CZK55.27	$3.77 £2.76	+42.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.73 CZK77.97	$3.70 £2.71	-0.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.62 CZK12.90	$1.23 £0.90	+99.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.71 CZK14.82	$0.67 £0.49	-6.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.88 CZK18.36	$1.26 £0.92	+43.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.29 CZK27.04	$1.42 £1.04	+9.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.51 CZK10.57	$0.65 £0.47	+28.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 CZK9.73	$0.65 £0.48	+39.6%
Average			+27.8%

Czech Republic vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.95 CZK124.57	$7.07 £5.18	+18.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$21.06 CZK440.75	$98.23 £71.94	+366.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,453.98 CZK658,142.97	$34,832.80 £25,508.27	+10.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.74 CZK245.62	$17.15 £12.56	+46.1%
Average			+110.5%

Czech Republic vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation

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pay 84.3% more for housing

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$18.70 CZK391.19	$39.40 £28.86	+110.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$610.48 CZK12,773.65	$1,243.58 £910.68	+103.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$493.17 CZK10,319.08	$1,020.84 £747.57	+107.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$198.15 CZK4,146.07	$229.21 £167.85	+15.7%
Average			+84.3%

Czech Republic vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 3.2 times more for childcare

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$363.72 CZK7,610.44	$1,497.56 £1,096.67	+311.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,967.34 CZK166,708.71	$18,629.32 £13,642.37	+133.8%
Average			+222.8%

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pay 93.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.90 CZK39.74	$5.63 £4.12	+196.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.60 CZK54.40	$4.12 £3.02	+58.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.46 CZK135.23	$17.47 £12.79	+170.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$47.23 CZK988.15	$45.31 £33.18	-4.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.95 CZK187.20	$12.89 £9.44	+44.1%
Average			+93.0%

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pay 11.7% more for clothing

	Czech Republic	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.75 CZK1,459.34	$78.43 £57.44	+12.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$31.40 CZK656.94	$40.13 £29.39	+27.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$80.03 CZK1,674.62	$90.36 £66.17	+12.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.55 CZK2,166.69	$96.72 £70.83	-6.6%
Average			+11.7%

Czech Republic vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: July 2025

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