Abu Dhabi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$1829
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	83	87
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.38M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 21% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2320th and 3363rd ($1828 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 1.2 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 438th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Abu Dhabi	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$12277

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120