Bratislava vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$854	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$3206
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	82	89
🏙️ Population	479K	566K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 4% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 3966th and 3768th ($1497 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 462nd in Slovakia and Germany, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 595th and 263rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Dresden

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	Bratislava	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$14681

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563