Boston vs Bratislava - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Boston	Bratislava
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3652	$1497
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8068	$3483
🏠 One person rent	$2548	$854
🏘️ Family rent	$4099	$1426
🍽️ Food expenses	$735	$424
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$96.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6190	$1662
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	66
😀 Quality of life	94	82
🏙️ Population	676K	479K

The cost of living in Boston is 144% more expensive than in Bratislava. Cities ranked 27th and 3966th ($3652 vs $1497) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in the United States and Slovakia, respectively. Check the United States vs Slovakia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Boston compared to 1.1 months in Bratislava. Boston ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Bratislava ranked 1st in Slovakia, while ranked 71st and 595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Boston vs Bratislava

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	Boston	Bratislava
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.06	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2890	$883
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2183	$637
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5272	$1522
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3425	$1089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.5	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9693	$6112
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6005	$4219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.8	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.82	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$6.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.56	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93.3	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$189	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.9	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.5	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$96.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2782	$643
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27427	$12603

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3768
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3107
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3647
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2977
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3134
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2960
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$3002
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2701
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2997
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2937
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2952
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2865
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2981
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2821
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2811
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2815
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3159
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2785
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2866
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$2732
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2646
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2915
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2854
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2769
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2929
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2913
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2414
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2838
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2862
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2837
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2869
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3016
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2582
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2817
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2855
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2920
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2833

Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1311
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2132
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1976
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$861
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1052
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1148
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$985
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1176
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1229
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1148
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$823
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1257
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$946
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1233
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$943
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1570
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1282
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$973
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1237
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1182
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1155
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1056
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1097
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1070
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1346
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$936