Bratislava vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$854	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$671
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	66	24
😀 Quality of life	82	45
🏙️ Population	479K	6.56M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 148% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 3966th and 7790th ($1497 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 167th 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 Shaoyang. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 595th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Shaoyang

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	Bratislava	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599