Bratislava vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$719	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$1865
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	65	92
😀 Quality of life	80	86
🏙️ Population	476K	1.38M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 20% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4319th and 3084th ($1307 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Slovakia vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 506th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Prague

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	Bratislava	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$12545

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1197
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1965
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1772
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$788
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$860
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$989
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1062
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1051
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1067
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$789
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1150
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1136
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$910
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1344
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1220
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$883
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$952
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1065
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1137
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1195
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$938
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1211
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$876
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1574
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$849

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141