Mecca vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mecca	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$979	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2659	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$371	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$293	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1646	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	68 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	42	93
😀 Quality of life	54	87
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.38M

The cost of living in Mecca is 35% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5632nd and 3363rd ($979 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Mecca compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Mecca ranked 9th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5982nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mecca vs Prague

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	Mecca	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.96	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.05	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$783	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.62%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1496	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1212	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.22	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.88	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.6	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.21	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.08	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.45	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$103	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.1	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.4	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4682	$12277

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Cities near Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507

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