Kazan vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$493	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	54	93
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kazan is 51% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6157th and 2387th ($929 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Russia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Russia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5470th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Prague

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	Kazan	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.39	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$17389

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383