Bratislava vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$705	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	100
😀 Quality of life	80	93
🏙️ Population	476K	1.8M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 31% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4275th and 2225th ($1275 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in Slovakia and Canada, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 568th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Montreal

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	Bratislava	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692