Mashhad vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$172	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	57	89
🏙️ Population	3M	1.4M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 72% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8663rd and 2821st ($503 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 2nd in Iran and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Iran vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6167th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Prague

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	Mashhad	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$15329

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284