Houston vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.38M

The cost of living in Houston is 50% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1229th and 3363rd ($2265 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th 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 Houston compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 97th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Prague

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	Houston	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$12277

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

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