Bratislava vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$719	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	65
😀 Quality of life	80	89
🏙️ Population	476K	563K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 11% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4319th and 3857th ($1307 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 506th in Slovakia and Germany, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 506th and 203rd 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	$10.1	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$12328

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387