Bratislava vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$5312
🏠 One person rent	$854	$1378
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$2219
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$3266
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	91
😀 Quality of life	82	93
🏙️ Population	479K	548K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 34% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 3966th and 1330th ($1497 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th 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 10th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 595th and 107th 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	$10.5	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$7.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$1050
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$5680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$3963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$9.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$17.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$96.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$1945
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$20873

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804