Bratislava vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$705	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$4131
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	99
😀 Quality of life	80	90
🏙️ Population	476K	1.6M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 51% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 4275th and 664th ($1275 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 610th 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 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Philadelphia ranked 28th in the United States, while ranked 568th and 138th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Philadelphia

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	Bratislava	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$19774

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693