Islamabad vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$199	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$1829
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	93
😀 Quality of life	49	87
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.38M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 71% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8870th and 3363rd ($442 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6313th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Prague

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	Islamabad	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$12277

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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