Bratislava vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bratislava	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1269	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2998	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$697	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1124	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.9	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1442	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	79	94
🏙️ Population	476K	1.49M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 42% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4266th and 1315th ($1269 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Slovakia and Germany, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 487th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Munich

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	Bratislava	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.65	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.43	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.76	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1195	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$821	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5290	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3780	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.19	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.9	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.44	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.9	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$74	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$596	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$18334

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1073
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1854
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1602
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1621
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$829
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$765
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1663
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$946
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$901
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1325
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1125
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$988
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1020
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$747
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1149
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1535
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$995
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$857
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1543
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1158
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1033
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1005
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$852
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$888
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$780
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1089
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1084
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1085
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$916
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1011
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$873
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1476
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$824

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599