The ranking compared the metropolis according to how much the date costs. Prague is at the level of Lisbon
Dinner at a restaurant with a bottle of wine and a visit to the cinema – this is what a typical date looks like, which hundreds of millions of couples around the world go on over the weekend. However, the new Picodi.com ranking compares where the cheapest of the 56 cities in the world will come out and where it is the most expensive. The analysis shows that in Prague in particular, the cost of a date is lower than, for example, in Bratislava, but higher than in Warsaw.
Ranking the comparison was based on the prices of a three-course dinner in a medium-sized restaurant with a bottle of wine and the prices of standard tickets to network cinemas for a 2D evening screening on the weekend.
At the same time, such a date is clearly the most expensive in Zurich, Switzerland, where it costs 199 euros, ie at the current exchange rate of more than 4,800 crowns. There are also high prices in Oslo, Norway, where such a meeting costs 171 euros (4169 crowns), and also in Helsinki. In a Finnish city, it is possible to complete a model date for 162 euros, ie just under 4,000 crowns.
However, the Nordic countries and Switzerland also excel in wages, which are significantly higher in these countries than in the rest of Europe and in the countries that represent the bottom of the rankings. Specifically, Zurich is one of the cities with the highest incomes in the world, the average monthly wage is around 200 thousand crowns per month.
On the contrary, the cheapest date is in Istanbul, Turkey, for the beginning of 38 euros, ie about 930 crowns. The cheapest cities also include Colombian Bogota (42 euros) and Argentina’s Buenos Aires (46 euros).
Prague finished in the ranking as the 22nd cheapest city. “In the capital of the Czech Republic, dinner for two in a medium-sized restaurant with wine and cinema tickets costs around 1,700 crowns (68 euros). Prices can be found in Budapest and Lisbon,” the authors of the comparison state.
The average gross wage in Prague reached CZK 5,523 in the third quarter of the third quarter of the year.
Earth | Price for dating |
1. Zurich (Switzerland) | 199 eur |
2. Oslo (Norway) | 171 eur |
3. Helsinki (Finland) | 162 eur |
4. New York (USA) | 154 eur |
5. Copenhagen (Denmark) | 150 eur |
6. Tel Aviv (Israel) | 150 eur |
7. Stockholm (Sweden) | 138 eur |
8. London (United Kingdom) | 132 eur |
9. Dublin (Ireland) | 131 eur |
10. Singapore | 130 eur |
35. Prague (Czech Republic) | 68 eur |
54. Buenos Aires (Argentina) | 46 eur |
55. Bogota (Colombia) | 42 eur |
56. Istanbul (Turkey) | 38 eur |
Source: Picodi.com. The most important exchange rates for the conversion of local currencies were from the first half of January this year.
But even cheaper is in Budapest, Hungary (65 euros) or Warsaw, Poland (62 euros). In Bratislava, Slovakia, the meeting will cost 73 euros, ie 1,780 crowns, which is more than in the Czech Republic. At the same time, the earnings of Slovak employees have long been lower than in the Czech Republic.
Already at the end of last year, the analytical company Economist Intelligence Unit published ladderwhich compared the prices of 200 products and services in a total of 173 cities.
In the ranking for 2021, Israeli Tel Aviv jumped to first place due to the support of the local currency against the dollar and also the increase in prices for transport and food. It was also the second most expensive city in alcohol and transport, the fifth in personal care and the sixth in recreation.
Until then, the first French capital, Paris, ended up as the second most expensive, as did Singapore. Zurich (fourth place), Copenhagen, New York or Hong Kong also got into the top ten – ie cities that occupied the top positions in the ranking of the most expensive date. Prague ranked 79th.
Currently, there is a significant growth of the problem both in Europe and in the rest of the world. Specifically, inflation in the Czech Republic accelerated again to 9.9 percent in January from 6.6 percent in December. Year-on-year consumer price inflation was the highest since July 1998, when it stood at 10.4 percent. And in previous months, inflation in the Czech Republic was rather average according to the EU methodology, in January it exceeded the EU average.
According to experts, domestic inflation is likely to exceed ten in the coming months and will start to slow significantly from the middle of the year. This year’s full-year average is estimated at about nine percent.