Bratislava vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1746
🏠 One person rent	$719	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$617
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$29.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$251
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	76
😀 Quality of life	80	55
🏙️ Population	476K	1.59M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 76% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 4319th and 6711th ($1307 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Slovakia and Iran, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 506th and 5889th 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	$10.1	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$13
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$1.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$291
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$398
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$801
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$8.41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$6.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$0.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$0.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$16.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$28.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$133
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$886

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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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$699
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$696
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$706
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$701
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$708
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$659
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$797
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$722
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$720
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$693
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$689
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$675
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$673
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$627
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$542
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$472
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$550
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$468
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$578
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$559
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$670
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$607
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$462
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$474
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$453
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$470
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$513
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$689
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$559