Bratislava vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$854	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$931
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	100
😀 Quality of life	82	77
🏙️ Population	479K	24.9M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 33% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 3966th and 4879th ($1497 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Slovakia and China, respectively. Check Slovakia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 595th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Shanghai

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	Bratislava	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753