Bratislava vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bratislava	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1275	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3042	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$705	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1188	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1458	$1906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	80	83
🏙️ Population	476K	1.86M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 21% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4275th and 3022nd ($1275 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Slovakia and Poland, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 568th and 410th 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	$8.92	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.93	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5323	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3848	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.54	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13266	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385