Prague vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Prague	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1513	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3601	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$911	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1611	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1829	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	24
😀 Quality of life	87	39
🏙️ Population	1.38M	6.56M

The cost of living in Prague is 156% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 3363rd and 7740th ($1513 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 263rd in the Czech Republic and China, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 285th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Shaoyang

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	Prague	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.47	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.41	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$901	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$685	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1728	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5304	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.33	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.7	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$758	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12277	$11393

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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

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600