Bratislava vs Cleveland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Cleveland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$4494
🏠 One person rent	$854	$1111
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$1911
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$3261
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	66	83
😀 Quality of life	82	89
🏙️ Population	479K	373K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 22% less expensive than in Cleveland. Cities ranked 3966th and 2297th ($1497 vs $1908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1793rd in Slovakia and the United States, respectively. Check Slovakia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.7 months in Cleveland. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Cleveland ranked 90th in the United States, while ranked 595th and 284th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bratislava	Cleveland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$52.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$4.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$1164
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$2116
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1450
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$174
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$1289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$1025
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$9.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$37.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$73.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$49.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$18787

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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

Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1978
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1959
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1956
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1997
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2049
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1956
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1961
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2067
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$2002
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1950
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2015
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1899
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$2019
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$2000
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$2024
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$2019
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$2062
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1954
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$2018
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1855
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1974
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1986
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1839
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1841
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1971
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1908
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1737
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1735
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1884
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1844
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1784
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1631
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1672
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1482
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1477
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1410
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$2061
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2314