Arlington vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	394K	1.38M

The cost of living in Arlington is 14% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2251st and 3084th ($1869 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd 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 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 1283rd and 292nd 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	$16.2	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$12545

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141