Bratislava vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bratislava	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1561	$2365
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3697	$5609
🏠 One person rent	$884	$1445
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$2498
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$583
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1756	$3421
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	67	90
😀 Quality of life	81	93
🏙️ Population	479K	548K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 34% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 3861st and 1156th ($1561 vs $2365) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd 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 9th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 669th and 78th 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	$11.1	$19.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$93.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$7.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.42	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$664	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1639	$2808
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$2033
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.6	$43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6104	$4797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4214	$4525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$22.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$8.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$18.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.61	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.68	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$7.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.9	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$746	$1658
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14476	$21096

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1335
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2213
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1885
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1898
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$930
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1114
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1829
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1180
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$1036
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1922
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1278
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1284
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1196
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1633
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$875
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1291
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$989
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1821
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1263
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$991
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1804
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1639
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1404
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1312
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$1036
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$1026
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$939
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1281
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$893
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1247
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1246
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1119
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1153
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1130
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1394
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1566
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$998

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2080
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$2002
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2055
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$2033
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1741
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1974
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1818
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1827
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2079
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1904
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2046
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1718
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1907
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1846
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1928
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1496
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1991
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1925
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1841
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1674
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1754
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1861
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1787
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1882
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1893
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1519
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1567
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1940
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1730
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2047
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1888
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1862