Bratislava vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$854	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$3954
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	66	90
😀 Quality of life	82	94
🏙️ Population	479K	1.51M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 39% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 3966th and 920th ($1497 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.6 months in Munich. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 595th and 61st 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	$10.5	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730