Fortaleza vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fortaleza	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1752	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$328	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$340	$2284
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	42	93
😀 Quality of life	61	89
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.4M

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 57% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6833rd and 2821st ($758 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 2nd in Brazil and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Brazil vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Fortaleza compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Fortaleza ranked 16th best city to live in Brazil vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5841st and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fortaleza vs Prague

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	Fortaleza	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.49	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.9%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1344	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$743	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.3	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.26	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.16	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.89	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.06	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2167	$15329

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Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$637
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$510
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$639
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$630
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$644
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$656
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$772
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$538
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$690
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$613
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$590
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$591
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$623
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$617
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$662
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$563
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$571
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$583
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$562
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$566
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$572
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$572
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$554
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$618
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$580
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$568
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$726
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$575
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$545
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$579
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$596
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$566
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$631
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$559
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$416
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$624
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$561

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