Bratislava vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$719	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$2543
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	65	73
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	476K	1.06M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 18% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4319th and 4890th ($1307 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 142nd in Slovakia and Japan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 506th and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Sendai

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	Bratislava	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$6369

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057