Bratislava vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$705	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$2953
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	65
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	476K	566K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 9% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4275th and 3862nd ($1275 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 512th 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 33rd in Germany, while ranked 568th and 217th 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	$8.92	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$13167

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419