Dhaka vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dhaka	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1093	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$118	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$238	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1829
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	72	93
😀 Quality of life	54	87
🏙️ Population	16.8M	1.38M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 72% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8899th and 3363rd ($430 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Bangladesh and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Dhaka compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5971st and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Prague

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	Dhaka	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.89	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.23	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.8	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.3	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.62%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$963	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.5	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.43	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.55	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47.4	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$12277

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$309
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$295
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$367
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$287
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$264
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$303
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$289
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$280
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$294
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$351
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$328
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$304
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$337
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$327
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$347
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$329
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$337
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$307
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$330
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$478
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$338
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$336
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$345
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$327
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$331
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$332
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$296
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$350
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$314

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