Bratislava vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$3346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$7719
🏠 One person rent	$719	$2248
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$4052
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$722
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$5772
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	65	87
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	476K	1.39M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 61% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4319th and 45th ($1307 vs $3346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 36th 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 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.7 months in San Diego. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs San Diego ranked 12th in the United States, while ranked 506th and 75th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs San Diego

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	Bratislava	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$85.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$8.25
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$5.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$2399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$1894
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$4351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$3534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$69.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$9294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$7063
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$4.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$5.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$3.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$18.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$11.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$10.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$21468

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647