Bratislava vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$705	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	20
😀 Quality of life	80	66
🏙️ Population	476K	1.41M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 5% more expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 4275th and 4439th ($1275 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Slovakia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 568th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Medina

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	Bratislava	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$7421

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905