Kolkata vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kolkata	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$404	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1011	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$135	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$258	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.2	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$1829
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	75	93
😀 Quality of life	58	87
🏙️ Population	4.5M	1.38M

The cost of living in Kolkata is 73% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8948th and 3363rd ($404 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 2nd in India and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check India vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Kolkata compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Kolkata ranked 12th best city to live in India vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5509th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kolkata vs Prague

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	Kolkata	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.92	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.6	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$180	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.36%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.24	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.38	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.37	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.94	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.72	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.93	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.94	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.4	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.4	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$41.7	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1469	$12277

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Cities near Kolkata

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Howrah	$332
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
10 km or 6.2 mi	South Dumdum	$345
11 km or 7.1 mi	Baranagar	$333
12 km or 7.5 mi	Bally	$331
14 km or 8.9 mi	Uttarpara	$327
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamarhati	$336
15 km or 9.3 mi	North Dumdum	$337
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
17 km or 10 mi	Panihati	$338
20 km or 13 mi	Rajarhat	$347
21 km or 13 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
23 km or 14 mi	Serampore	$330
23 km or 15 mi	Barrackpore	$329
25 km or 15 mi	Uluberia	$341
36 km or 22 mi	Barasat	$350
36 km or 23 mi	Maheshtala	$360
37 km or 23 mi	Chandannagar	$327
37 km or 23 mi	Bhatpara	$337
40 km or 25 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
41 km or 25 mi	Naihati	$328
64 km or 40 mi	Haldia	$394
79 km or 49 mi	Shantipur	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Bardhaman	$314
97 km or 60 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
104 km or 65 mi	Midnapore	$292
107 km or 66 mi	Kharagpur	$283
114 km or 71 mi	Jessore	$289
128 km or 80 mi	Khulna	$303
153 km or 95 mi	Durgapur	$292
174 km or 108 mi	Berhampore	$304
189 km or 118 mi	Asansol	$299
202 km or 125 mi	Kulti	$300
205 km or 127 mi	Rajshahi	$274
209 km or 130 mi	Barisal	$287
223 km or 139 mi	Jamshedpur	$361
239 km or 149 mi	Dhanbad	$293
248 km or 154 mi	Dhaka	$430
251 km or 156 mi	Narayanganj	$309
274 km or 170 mi	Malda	$308

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