Bratislava vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$705	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$3168
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	53
😀 Quality of life	80	90
🏙️ Population	476K	1.31M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 39% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 4275th and 1646th ($1275 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Slovakia and Canada, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 568th and 153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Calgary

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	Bratislava	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$16603

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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

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871