Abu Dhabi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1942	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2152	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3050	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	85	89
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.4M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 9% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2187th and 2821st ($1942 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 443rd and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1358	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2476	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1762	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.01%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5485	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12028	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.73	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.92	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.5	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12663	$15329

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2514
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1419
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2521
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1228
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1849
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1770
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$792
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1078
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1201
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1230
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1081
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$530
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$908
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1008
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$529
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$873
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$930
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$568
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$553
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$453
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$477
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$530
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$503
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$573
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$557
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$624
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$463
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1627
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$483

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284