Bratislava vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$705	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$487
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	66
😀 Quality of life	80	65
🏙️ Population	476K	9.39M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 74% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 4275th and 6739th ($1275 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Slovakia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 568th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bratislava	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$14143

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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 Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588