Bratislava vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$705	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$6742
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	80
😀 Quality of life	80	91
🏙️ Population	476K	737K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 58% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4275th and 158th ($1275 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 568th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Seattle

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	Bratislava	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093