Prague vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$2496
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	93	73
😀 Quality of life	89	80
🏙️ Population	1.4M	7.01M

The cost of living in Prague is 9% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2821st and 3418th ($1778 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Prague compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 277th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Riyadh

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	Prague	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$9818

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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

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463