Dakar vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dakar	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1114	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2994	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$529	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1249	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$363	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$363	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	93
😀 Quality of life	47	87
🏙️ Population	1.44M	1.38M

The cost of living in Dakar is 26% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4757th and 3363rd ($1114 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Senegal and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Senegal vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dakar compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Dakar ranked 1st best city to live in Senegal vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6427th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dakar vs Prague

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	Dakar	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.31	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$750	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1999	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$846	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.4	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.12%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2214	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.53	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.47	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.71	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.43	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.72	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.67	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$246	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6669	$12277

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Cities near Dakar

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Rufisque	$1046
58 km or 36 mi	Thies	$1052
121 km or 75 mi	Fatick	$998
163 km or 101 mi	Kaolack	$1000
166 km or 103 mi	Louga	$970
171 km or 106 mi	Banjul	$477
174 km or 108 mi	Lamin	$507
177 km or 110 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
185 km or 115 mi	Brikama	$552
266 km or 165 mi	Rosso	$647
271 km or 169 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
340 km or 211 mi	Kolda	$964
378 km or 235 mi	Bissau	$827
404 km or 251 mi	Nouakchott	$675
416 km or 258 mi	Bafata	$804
629 km or 391 mi	Boffa	$998
651 km or 404 mi	Praia	$840
668 km or 415 mi	Assomada	$838
709 km or 441 mi	Conakry	$1061
727 km or 452 mi	Forecariah	$998
757 km or 471 mi	Mamou	$1019
833 km or 518 mi	Freetown	$1346
841 km or 522 mi	Mindelo	$865
978 km or 607 mi	Bo	$1278
1009 km or 627 mi	Kankan	$1007
1023 km or 636 mi	Kenema	$1272
1048 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$569
1051 km or 653 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
1087 km or 675 mi	Banamba	$491
1088 km or 676 mi	Koulikoro	$490
1141 km or 709 mi	Bougouni	$489
1185 km or 736 mi	Monrovia	$523
1197 km or 744 mi	Kakata	$487
1215 km or 755 mi	Segou	$490
1220 km or 758 mi	Nzerekore	$999
1232 km or 766 mi	Markala	$489
1256 km or 781 mi	Yekepa	$487
1258 km or 782 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
1332 km or 828 mi	Sikasso	$499
1413 km or 878 mi	Korhogo	$916

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120