Bratislava vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$719	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$3299
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	476K	548K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 39% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4319th and 1500th ($1307 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 53rd in Slovakia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Slovakia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.5 months in Manchester. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 506th and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Manchester

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	Bratislava	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$17390

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761