Bratislava vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$719	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$6392
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	80
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	476K	737K

The cost of living in Bratislava is 55% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4319th and 206th ($1307 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 168th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 506th and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bratislava	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$28179

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263