Hempstead vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hempstead	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2655	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6147	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1665	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$2912	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5039	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	97	93
😀 Quality of life	82	89
🏙️ Population	793K	1.4M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 49% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 622nd and 2821st ($2655 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 549th and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague. Hempstead ranked 194th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 613th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Prague

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	Hempstead	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.25	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$5.21	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2925	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2626	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7214	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5157	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.87	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$20	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12.1	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.83	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$109	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$150	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.6	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1399	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17029	$15329

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2680
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2645
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2699
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2619
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2613
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2710
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2602
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2756
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2846
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2287
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$3066
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2164
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3174
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2569
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4203
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3768
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2864
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3006
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2799
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2733
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2789
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3364
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2717
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2913
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2829
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3513
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3066
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2376
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2783
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2836
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2749
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2774
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2705
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3253

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