Bratislava vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$705	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$4771
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	66	99
😀 Quality of life	80	93
🏙️ Population	476K	3.9M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 60% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4275th and 80th ($1275 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st in Slovakia and the United States, respectively. Check Slovakia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 568th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Los Angeles

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	Bratislava	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919