Bratislava vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1449
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3571
🏠 One person rent	$719	$688
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1289
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$499
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$2807
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	72
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	476K	616K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 10% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 4319th and 3925th ($1307 vs $1449) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 535th 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 1.9 months in Leipzig. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Leipzig ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 506th and 80th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Leipzig

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	Bratislava	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$56.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$4.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$681
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$454
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$1250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$965
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$4637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$2606
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$3.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$62.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$19.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$6.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$8.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$30.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$36.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$86.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$87.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$10026

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1347
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1349
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1360
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1320
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1342
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1365
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1273
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1365
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1345
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1384
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1170
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1306
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1210
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1376
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1330
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1191
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1393
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1095
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1306
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1231
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1387
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1379
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1354
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1386
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1211
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1215
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1387
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1367
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1386
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1413
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261