Bratislava vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$4047
🏠 One person rent	$854	$831
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$1426
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$3043
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	92
😀 Quality of life	82	91
🏙️ Population	479K	521K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 12% less expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 3966th and 3152nd ($1497 vs $1693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Slovakia and France, respectively. Check Slovakia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.8 months in Lyon. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 595th and 177th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Lyon

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	Bratislava	Lyon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$7.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$865
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$610
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$1579
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1080
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$6698
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$4048
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$83.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$24.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$3.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$6.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$4.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$29.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$11987

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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 Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1638
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1239
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1383
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1556
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1406
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1300
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1525
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1727
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3358
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$3316
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$3317
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3382
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3577
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1365
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1253
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1536
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1148
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3694
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1472
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1968
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$3040
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$3069
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1483
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3399
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$3123
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1569
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1257
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1427
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1662
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2998
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1498
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$2397
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2732
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2755
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2567
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1340
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1438
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1582
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2956