Bratislava vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$719	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	80	74
🏙️ Population	476K	13M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 22% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4319th and 5091st ($1307 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Slovakia and Russia, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 506th and 1280th 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	$10.1	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$11652

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1197
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1965
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1772
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$788
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$860
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$989
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1062
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1051
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1067
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$789
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1150
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1136
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$910
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1344
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1220
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$883
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$952
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1065
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1137
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1195
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$938
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1211
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$876
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1574
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$849

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541