Charlotte vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Charlotte	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6031	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1631	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$2780	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4594	$1865
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	68	92
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	875K	1.38M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 59% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 574th and 3084th ($2615 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 508th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Charlotte ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 230th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Prague

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	Charlotte	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.95	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1394	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3455	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4378	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2768	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.26	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1274	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25869	$12545

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2313
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2178
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2270
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2115
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2146
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1971
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2155
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2194
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2012
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2142
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2081
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2052
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1530
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1844
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1917
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2094
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2105
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2110
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2110
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2162
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2281
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2012
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1857
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2399
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1955
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2509
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1908
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1872
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2122
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2596
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2126
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2076
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2088

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