Bern vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bern	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2857	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7212	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$1571	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$2760	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$890	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$7360	$4112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	81	81
😀 Quality of life	93	91
🏙️ Population	137K	1.43M

The cost of living in Bern is 38% more expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 348th and 1833rd ($2857 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 40th and 1452nd in Switzerland and the United States, respectively. Check Switzerland vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.6 months in Bern compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Bern ranked 6th best city to live in Switzerland vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 52nd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bern/san-antonio.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bern vs San Antonio infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bern/san-antonio" target="_blank">Bern vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bern vs San Antonio

Prices for goods and services in Bern and San Antonio are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bern	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.3	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$7	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.23	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1759	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3129	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2271	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.14%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16402	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9845	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.26	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$45.6	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.22	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$8.68	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.6	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$27.1	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$40.5	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.31	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.4	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.1	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.2	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$48.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$143	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$168	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2526	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29629	$19123

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2907
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2711
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2543
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2891
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2868
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$3138
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$3043
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2554
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$3199
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$3126
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$3321
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$3288
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2644
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$3117
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$3034
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3393
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1507
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3587
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1695
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1700
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1700
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$3134
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$2468
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$3125
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$4491
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3519
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3312
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$3264
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$3348
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1447
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1465
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3514
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$3492
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1679
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3857
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$3441
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$3281
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$3231
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$3239
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3286

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093