Chennai vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chennai	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$437	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1065	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$272	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$321	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	93
😀 Quality of life	65	89
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.4M

The cost of living in Chennai is 75% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8898th and 2821st ($437 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd 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 0.7 months in Chennai compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Chennai ranked 5th best city to live in India vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5272nd and 277th 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	$2.25	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.91	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.96	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1914	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.87	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.79	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.8	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1729	$15329

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284