Bratislava vs Detroit - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Detroit
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$2006
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$4783
🏠 One person rent	$719	$1165
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1995
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$4156
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	77
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	476K	639K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 35% less expensive than in Detroit. Cities ranked 4319th and 1856th ($1307 vs $2006) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1553rd 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 2.1 months in Detroit. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Detroit ranked 53rd in the United States, while ranked 506th and 216th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bratislava	Detroit
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$68.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$5.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$894
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$2485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$60.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$1059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$65.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$13.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$9.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$50.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$1296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$16775

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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 Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1793
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1976
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1904
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1835
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1851
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2032
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1703
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1968
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2109
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1923
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1978
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1813
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1908
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1969
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$1728
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1926
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1987
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1877
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1848
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1833
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1975
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1880
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1849
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1880
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1955
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2109
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$1909
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2291
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1939
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2397
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1700
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1876
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1713
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2260
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1905
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1662
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1561
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1936
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1614