Bratislava vs Kawasaki - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Kawasaki
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1354
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$3256
🏠 One person rent	$854	$630
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$423
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$199
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$2289
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	99
😀 Quality of life	82	82
🏙️ Population	479K	1.54M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 11% more expensive than in Kawasaki. Cities ranked 3966th and 4361st ($1497 vs $1354) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 16th in Slovakia and Japan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.7 months in Kawasaki. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Kawasaki ranked 13th in Japan, while ranked 595th and 600th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Kawasaki

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	Bratislava	Kawasaki
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$6.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$37.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$3.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$707
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$458
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$828
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$96
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	1.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$6324
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$3178
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$1.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$5.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$2.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$6.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$5.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$5.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$55.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$56.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$10654

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1311
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2132
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1976
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$861
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1052
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1148
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$985
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1176
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1229
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1148
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$823
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1257
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$946
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1233
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$943
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1570
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1282
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$973
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1237
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1182
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1155
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1056
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1097
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1070
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1346
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$936

Cities near Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1336
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1115
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1698
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1113
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1017
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1058
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1125
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1049
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1055
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1076
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1110
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1071
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$959
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1088
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$958
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1066
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1076
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1067
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1068
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$935
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1054
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1139
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1050
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1050
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1035
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1021
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1066
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$968
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1073
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1117
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1025
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1085