Hempstead vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	97	93
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	793K	1.38M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 76% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 556th and 3363rd ($2664 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 636th and 285th 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	$17.8	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$12277

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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