Arlington vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	394K	1.4M

The cost of living in Arlington is 0.1% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2397th and 2387th ($1907 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1st 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 894th 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	$16	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$17389

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383