Barcelona vs Bratislava - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Bratislava
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1275
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$3042
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$705
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1188
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$86.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1458
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	98	66
😀 Quality of life	87	80
🏙️ Population	1.7M	476K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 44% more expensive than in Bratislava. Cities ranked 2276th and 4275th ($1841 vs $1275) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Slovakia, respectively. Check Spain vs Slovakia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.1 months in Bratislava. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Bratislava ranked 1st in Slovakia, while ranked 270th and 568th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Bratislava

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	Barcelona	Bratislava
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$8.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$691
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$530
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$908
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$16.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	4.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$5323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$3848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$5.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$13266

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1181
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1844
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1719
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$784
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$919
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$943
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1039
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1098
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$701
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1118
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1087
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$794
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1329
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1169
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$786
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$892
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1085
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1075
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1104
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$983
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1120
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$827
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1237
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$790