Bratislava vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$854	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$648
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	66	24
😀 Quality of life	82	44
🏙️ Population	479K	7.82M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 150% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 3966th and 7835th ($1497 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 595th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Shangqiu

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	Bratislava	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517