Arlington vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	77	89
🏙️ Population	394K	1.4M

The cost of living in Arlington is 4% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2476th and 2821st ($1856 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1375th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Prague

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	Arlington	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$15329

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

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