Bratislava vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$705	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	66	98
😀 Quality of life	80	93
🏙️ Population	476K	1.97M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 31% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4275th and 2270th ($1275 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Slovakia and Austria, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 568th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Vienna

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	Bratislava	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987