Bratislava vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3537
🏠 One person rent	$719	$941
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1683
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$1781
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	24
😀 Quality of life	80	78
🏙️ Population	476K	586K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 14% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 4319th and 3616th ($1307 vs $1519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 27th in Slovakia and Spain, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Malaga ranked 18th in Spain, while ranked 506th and 654th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Malaga

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	Bratislava	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$3.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$761
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$1968
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	3.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$6321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$2.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$6.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$5.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$8.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$14939

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429