Arlington vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	73	87
🏙️ Population	394K	1.38M

The cost of living in Arlington is 24% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2153rd and 3363rd ($1883 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1499th and 285th 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	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$12277

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

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