Bratislava vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$705	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$245
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	76
😀 Quality of life	80	55
🏙️ Population	476K	1.59M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 73% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 4275th and 6734th ($1275 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Slovakia and Iran, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 568th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Karaj

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	Bratislava	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$823

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554