Bratislava vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$2252
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$5500
🏠 One person rent	$719	$1332
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$2531
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$644
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$4005
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	72
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	476K	906K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 42% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 4319th and 1248th ($1307 vs $2252) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1100th 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 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.8 months in Columbus. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Columbus ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 506th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Columbus

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	Bratislava	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$69.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$4.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$4.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$1067
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$3082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2051
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$3169
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$3154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$64
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$13.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$4.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$64
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$1235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$15346

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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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829