Bratislava vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$705	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	80	83
🏙️ Population	476K	2.33M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 46% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 4275th and 6171st ($1275 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Slovakia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 568th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Taoyuan

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	Bratislava	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443