Photo: Moyan Brenn from Italy · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Czech Republic
Czech · CZK · Central European Time
How it scores for living there
- 59%Cost of livingRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 23%Income taxRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- AppliesCapital gainsRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 34MbpsInternetRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 4.35Doctors /1,000Rated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 13PM2.5 ug/m3Rated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 0.8Homicide /100kRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 80Life expectancyRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 88%People onlineRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 56Corruption indexRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 4of 12Mild monthsRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
Facts, not judgements
- UTC+1Time zone
- CZKCurrency
- CzechLanguage
- C, EPower plug
- 37.2mVisitors in 2019
Colour says whether a figure is good for someone moving in, not whether it is high: cheap is green and expensive is red. Every coloured box carries the reason for its colour, the bar under it repeats the score as a width, and boxes with no data are not drawn.
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Who can help you in Czech Republic
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Climate and cost by city
Average monthly temperature and rainfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 (2019-2023 mean, CC BY 4.0). Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine. Price level from the World Bank ICP survey, same-year pairing, omitted where the survey does not cover the country.
Cost of living and lifestyle
Day to day, Czech Republic costs about 59% of the US level, on a World Bank income of $58k per person (PPP, 2025).
That percentage is measured against your country, not against ours. It follows the country picker in the header, or your account if you are signed in. With neither, it falls back to the United States, which is the 100 of the World Bank index, and the sentence says so.
World Bank ICP price level (US=100) and GNI per capita PPP, CC BY 4.0. It is a national average: a capital runs above it and a small town below it.
Getting to Czech Republic
Its main airport has non-stop service to 92 airports in the OpenFlights route database.
| From | Routing | Flight time | Cheapest fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt | Non-stop | 1h 00m | €108 |
| Amsterdam | Non-stop | 1h 30m | €102 |
| Milano | Non-stop | 1h 30m | €40 |
| Paris | Non-stop | 1h 40m | €115 |
| London | Non-stop | 1h 50m | €139 |
| London | Non-stop | 2h 05m | €76 |
| Manchester | Non-stop | 2h 05m | €62 |
| Dublin | Non-stop | 2h 25m | €75 |
| Barcelona | Non-stop | 2h 30m | €74 |
| Madrid | Non-stop | 3h 00m | €102 |
| Dubai | Non-stop | 6h 30m | €644 |
| Toronto | Non-stop | 8h 05m | €697 |
Airports and non-stop routes from OpenFlights (Open Database License). Fares and flight times are cached one-way economy prices from Travelpayouts, the cheapest seen recently rather than a live quote or an average. They move; treat them as an order of magnitude.
What to see in Czech Republic
Ordered by how many people looked each place up over the last twelve months, so the list is measured interest and not our taste.
mountain range
Carpathians
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bell tower
Prague Astronomical Clock
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castle
Prague Castle
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river
Elbe
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Catholic cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral
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river
Vltava
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river
Oder
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low mountain range
Ore Mountains
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Photo credits
- Carpathians: Brainw0rker, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Prague Astronomical Clock: Steve Collis from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Prague Castle: Diego Delso, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Elbe: che, CC BY SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- St. Vitus Cathedral: o¬., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vltava: Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oder: Grzegorz Kilian, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ore Mountains: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
The practical basics
- Local time…Central European Time, Europe/Prague
- CurrencyCZKISO 4217
- LanguagesCzech
- PlugsC, E230/400 V 50 Hz
- Safe tap water98%of people on a safely managed supply, World Bank 2024
- UK travel adviceNo blanket warningFCDO, reviewed
- Population10.9mWorld Bank
Currency codes ISO 4217; plugs and voltage from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); time zone and flag from the countries-states-cities database (ODbL 1.0); travel advice from the UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3).
How many people visit
Czech Republic logged 37.2 million international arrivals in 2019, the last year the World Bank series covers.
World Bank indicator ST.INT.ARVL, international tourism arrivals, CC BY 4.0. Arrivals count trips, not people: the same visitor twice in a year counts twice.
Tax in Czech Republic, in one line
Personal income tax runs up to 23 per cent. Capital gains: Taxed within general PIT base (15%/23%). Exemptions: listed securities held >3 years; annual gross securities sales under CZK 100,000; real estate held >10 years (5 if used as own home / acquired pre-2021). From 2025 a CZK 40M lifetime cap on exempt securities/share gains.
Tax figures are compiled by us and are being re-verified against primary sources. General information, not tax advice.
Data: World Bank, Open-Meteo, M-Lab, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, under open licences. General information, not tax or legal advice.