Bratislava vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$854	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$5599
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	100
😀 Quality of life	82	98
🏙️ Population	479K	8.8M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 64% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 3966th and 4th ($1497 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Slovakia and the United States, respectively. Check Slovakia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 595th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs New York City

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	Bratislava	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$22663

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174