Bratislava vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$854	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$701
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	95
😀 Quality of life	82	69
🏙️ Population	479K	11.5M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 42% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 3966th and 5192nd ($1497 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Slovakia and Brazil, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 595th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Sao Paulo

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	Bratislava	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$15428

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666