Bratislava vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$719	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$1966
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	93
😀 Quality of life	80	83
🏙️ Population	476K	1.86M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 27% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4319th and 2592nd ($1307 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Slovakia and Poland, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 506th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Warsaw

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	Bratislava	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$13474

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1197
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1965
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1772
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$788
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$860
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$989
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1062
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1051
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1067
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$789
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1150
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1136
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$910
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1344
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1220
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$883
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$952
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1065
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1137
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1195
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$938
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1211
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$876
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1574
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$849

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390