Bratislava vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$705	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	66	90
😀 Quality of life	80	93
🏙️ Population	476K	1.51M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 42% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4275th and 1352nd ($1275 vs $2201) 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 568th and 54th 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	$8.92	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560