Fortaleza vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Fortaleza	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$824	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1889	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$366	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$522	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.9	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$2366
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	93
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	2.58M	1.4M

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 57% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6658th and 2377th ($824 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st 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 0.6 months in Fortaleza compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Fortaleza ranked 22nd best city to live in Brazil vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5446th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Fortaleza	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.45	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.46	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$562	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$340	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.6	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.39%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1742	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.45	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.53	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.21	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.72	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2898	$19039

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Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$768
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$693
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$547
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$718
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$707
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$709
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$716
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$817
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$610
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$747
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$667
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$650
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$648
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$697
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$664
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$718
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$640
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$614
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$621
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$617
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$597
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$619
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$592
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$581
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$678
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$641
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$602
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$820
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$623
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$598
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$636
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$649
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$611
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$705
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$605
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$460
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$684
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$615

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340