Ankara vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$487	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.38M

The cost of living in Ankara is 37% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5741st and 3363rd ($959 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Turkey and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Turkey vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1858th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Prague

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	Ankara	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$12277

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

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