Bratislava vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$854	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$881
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	82	73
🏙️ Population	479K	13.3M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 4% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3966th and 4141st ($1497 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Slovakia and Russia, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 595th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Moscow

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	Bratislava	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772