Almaty vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Almaty	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2223	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$464	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$873	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	93
😀 Quality of life	66	87
🏙️ Population	2.23M	1.38M

The cost of living in Almaty is 42% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6143rd and 3363rd ($881 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Almaty compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Almaty ranked 1st best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 4016th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Almaty vs Prague

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	Almaty	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.16	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.12%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1799	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.77	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.12	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.2	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12609	$12277

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Cities near Almaty

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kaskelen	$785
68 km or 42 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$652
72 km or 45 mi	Kapchagay	$749
139 km or 86 mi	Tokmok	$667
171 km or 107 mi	Kant	$674
194 km or 121 mi	Bishkek	$713
215 km or 134 mi	Naryn	$637
229 km or 142 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
357 km or 222 mi	Toktogul	$607
360 km or 224 mi	Aksu	$610
363 km or 226 mi	Yining	$543
389 km or 242 mi	Talas	$623
398 km or 247 mi	Artux	$619
413 km or 256 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
427 km or 265 mi	Balkhash	$624
429 km or 267 mi	Kashgar	$634
451 km or 280 mi	Taraz	$441
452 km or 281 mi	Bole	$531
455 km or 283 mi	Osh	$477
471 km or 293 mi	Andijan	$430
472 km or 293 mi	Aral	$601
499 km or 310 mi	Namangan	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Margilan	$591
530 km or 329 mi	Fergana	$626
605 km or 376 mi	Shymkent	$569
631 km or 392 mi	Konibodom	$613
633 km or 393 mi	Chirchiq	$444
633 km or 393 mi	Tacheng	$512
637 km or 396 mi	Wusu	$562
655 km or 407 mi	Kuytun	$571
664 km or 413 mi	Tashkent	$853
670 km or 417 mi	Istiklol	$613
679 km or 422 mi	Kentau	$501
683 km or 424 mi	Ghafurov	$614
684 km or 425 mi	Karamay	$460
685 km or 425 mi	Buston	$615
688 km or 427 mi	Khujand	$623
701 km or 435 mi	Turkistan	$512
731 km or 454 mi	Hotan	$627
742 km or 461 mi	Shihezi	$662

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