Fortaleza vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fortaleza	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$745	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$328	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$247	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	42	93
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.38M

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 51% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6696th and 3363rd ($745 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 0.3 months in Fortaleza compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Fortaleza ranked 9th best city to live in Brazil vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5747th and 285th 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	$4.44	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.09	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.4	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.75%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1280	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$708	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.4	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.65	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.53	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.81	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.7	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2060	$12277

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Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$685
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$595
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$488
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$603
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$597
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$604
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$557
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$558
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$550
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$564
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$568
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$563
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$561
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$561
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$570
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$589
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$569
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$545
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$563
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$534
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$538
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$538
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$557
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$537
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$591
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$547
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$546
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$615
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$551
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$503
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$563
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$572
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$543
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$572
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$567
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$446
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$600
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$588

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