Bratislava vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$705	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$2923
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	91
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	476K	548K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 38% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4275th and 1662nd ($1275 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 46th 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 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 568th and 85th 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	$8.92	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$19551

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1181
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1844
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1719
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$784
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$919
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$943
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1039
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1098
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$701
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1118
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1087
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$794
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1329
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1169
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$786
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$892
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1085
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1075
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1104
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$983
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1120
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$827
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1237
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$790

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681