Prague vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Prague	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1513	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3601	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$911	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1611	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1829	$1362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	93	73
😀 Quality of life	87	81
🏙️ Population	1.38M	1.87M

The cost of living in Prague is 86% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 3363rd and 6380th ($1513 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in the Czech Republic and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 285th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Tainan

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	Prague	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.47	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.41	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$901	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$685	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1728	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5304	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.33	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.7	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.6	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$758	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12277	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682