Phoenix vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phoenix	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2395	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5245	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1494	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$2384	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4432	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	93
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.61M	1.38M

The cost of living in Phoenix is 58% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 955th and 3363rd ($2395 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 875th and 2nd in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Phoenix compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Phoenix ranked 31st best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 146th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phoenix vs Prague

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	Phoenix	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$6.21	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1215	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2412	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2009	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3133	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.4	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.8	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1103	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12281	$12277

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Cities near Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724

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