Prague vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Prague	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1641	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3833	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$1005	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1751	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1865	$1649
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	86	79
🏙️ Population	1.38M	17.7M

The cost of living in Prague is 71% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 3084th and 5948th ($1641 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 13th 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 1.1 months in Prague compared to 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 292nd and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Shenzhen

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	Prague	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.73	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$756	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1872	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1359	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7685	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5446	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.2	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.79	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.93	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.79	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.8	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12545	$24117

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618