Chennai vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chennai	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1151	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$161	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$1671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	92
😀 Quality of life	68	85
🏙️ Population	10.3M	1.36M

The cost of living in Chennai is 72% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8842nd and 3308th ($434 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in India and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check India vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3676th and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Prague

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	Chennai	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.54	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.38%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1913	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.54	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.08	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.31	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.8	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.02	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.58	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.5	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.5	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$11372

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$337
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$269
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$415
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$339
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$343
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$326
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$367
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$356
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$350
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$326
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$328
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$357
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$585
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$316
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$359
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$337
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$383
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$319
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$399
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$312
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$317
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$287
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$327
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$341
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$321
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$334
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$309
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$358
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$350
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$309
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$384
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$310
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$375
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$353
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$358
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$369
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$325

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002