Bratislava vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1185
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$2918
🏠 One person rent	$719	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1010
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	80	80
🏙️ Population	476K	1.69M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 10% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 4319th and 4643rd ($1307 vs $1185) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Slovakia and Hungary, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 506th and 551st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Budapest

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	Bratislava	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$47.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$2.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$453
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$1093
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$799
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$86.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$134
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	7.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$4116
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$25.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$2.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$5.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$5.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$6.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$3.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$61.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$448
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$11060

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1197
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1965
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1772
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$788
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$860
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$989
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1062
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1051
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1067
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$789
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1150
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1136
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$910
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1344
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1220
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$883
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$952
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1065
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1137
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1195
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$938
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1211
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$876
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1574
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$849

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090