Bratislava vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bratislava	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1269	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2998	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$697	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$1124	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.9	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1442	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	79	91
🏙️ Population	476K	548K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 36% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4266th and 1798th ($1269 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 57th 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 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 487th and 110th 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	$9.65	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.43	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.76	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1195	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$821	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5290	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3780	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.19	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.9	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.44	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.9	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$596	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$13845

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1073
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1854
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1602
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1621
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$829
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$765
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1663
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$946
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$901
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1325
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1125
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$988
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1020
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$747
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1149
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1535
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$995
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$857
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1543
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1158
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1033
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1005
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$852
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$888
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$780
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1089
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1084
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1085
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$916
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1011
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$873
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1476
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$824

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629