Bratislava vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$705	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	66	70
😀 Quality of life	80	68
🏙️ Population	476K	12.7M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 47% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4275th and 6198th ($1275 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 568th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Suzhou

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	Bratislava	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$17431

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1181
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1844
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1719
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$784
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$919
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$943
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1039
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1098
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$701
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1118
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1087
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$794
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1329
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1169
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$786
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$892
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1085
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1075
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1104
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$983
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1120
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$827
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1237
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$790

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613