Nouakchott vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nouakchott	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$659	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1526	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$288	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$447	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$2307
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	14	93
😀 Quality of life	44	89
🏙️ Population	1.45M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nouakchott is 66% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7532nd and 2387th ($659 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritania and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Mauritania vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Nouakchott compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Nouakchott ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritania vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7312th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nouakchott vs Prague

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	Nouakchott	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.78	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$366	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$241	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.6	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.81%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3927	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1322	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.25	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.96	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.53	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.6	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.1	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.1	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.8	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5862	$17389

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Cities near Nouakchott

Distance	City	Cost of living
175 km or 109 mi	Rosso	$619
234 km or 145 mi	Saint-Louis	$1147
275 km or 171 mi	Louga	$1145
380 km or 236 mi	Thies	$1236
398 km or 248 mi	Rufisque	$1229
404 km or 251 mi	Dakar	$1320
421 km or 262 mi	Fatick	$1176
438 km or 272 mi	Kaolack	$1178
518 km or 322 mi	Banjul	$518
527 km or 327 mi	Lamin	$537
540 km or 335 mi	Brikama	$605
587 km or 365 mi	Kolda	$1127
612 km or 380 mi	Ziguinchor	$1108
672 km or 417 mi	Bafata	$852
693 km or 430 mi	Bissau	$878
877 km or 545 mi	Praia	$979
884 km or 549 mi	Assomada	$977
904 km or 562 mi	Boffa	$990
953 km or 592 mi	Mamou	$1016
965 km or 600 mi	Mindelo	$1014
978 km or 608 mi	Forecariah	$993
984 km or 611 mi	Conakry	$1058
1041 km or 647 mi	Banamba	$507
1047 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$583
1048 km or 651 mi	Laayoune	$635
1071 km or 665 mi	Koulikoro	$508
1094 km or 680 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1531
1107 km or 688 mi	Freetown	$1323
1117 km or 694 mi	Kankan	$1001
1119 km or 695 mi	Las Palmas	$1540
1135 km or 705 mi	Tenerife	$1774
1145 km or 712 mi	La Orotava	$1694
1151 km or 715 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1750
1155 km or 718 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1654
1157 km or 719 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1615
1159 km or 720 mi	Segou	$508
1166 km or 725 mi	Markala	$508
1175 km or 730 mi	Bougouni	$507
1179 km or 732 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1332
1203 km or 748 mi	Corralejo	$1697

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