Hempstead vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hempstead	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2710	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6266	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1703	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$2960	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$652	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5101	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	80	89
🏙️ Population	793K	1.4M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 43% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 568th and 2377th ($2710 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 498th and 1st in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Hempstead ranked 222nd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 678th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Hempstead	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.51	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1631	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1464	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2918	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2624	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.9	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7966	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3853	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.87	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.91	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.94	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15.1	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$20.2	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12.2	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.88	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$109	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.5	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.1	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1500	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16902	$19039

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2694
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2653
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2727
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2664
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2609
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2724
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2661
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2823
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2815
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2271
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$3087
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2160
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3192
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2940
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4202
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3756
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2913
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3094
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2861
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2842
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2850
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3729
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2840
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3145
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2619
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3562
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3110
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2397
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2917
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$3134
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2697
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2973
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2692
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3304

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