Cost of living comparison
Bratislava is 11.6% cheaper than San Juan.
If you lived in Bratislava instead of San Juan, you would:
pay 8.8% less for restaurants
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$17.00
|
$9.90
€9.18
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$7.70
€7.14
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.85
|
$2.03
€1.88
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.71
|
$1.72
€1.60
|
|
pay 36.3% less for groceries
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.10
|
$1.56
€1.44
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.47
|
$6.41
€5.95
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.22
|
$4.39
€4.07
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.69
|
$3.23
€3.00
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.67
|
$3.26
€3.03
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.40
|
$0.79
€0.73
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.21
|
$0.79
€0.74
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.82
|
$1.02
€0.95
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.01
|
$1.72
€1.59
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.72
|
$0.54
€0.50
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.29
|
$0.47
€0.43
|
|
pay 8.6% more for transportation
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.80
|
$7.32
€6.79
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.50
|
$32.98
€30.60
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,000.00
|
$25,287.34
€23,460.33
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$23.50
|
$13.19
€12.24
|
|
pay 45.5% less for housing
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.44
|
$20.98
€19.47
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,053.12
|
$743.39
€689.68
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,320.00
|
$559.19
€518.79
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$170.67
|
$182.41
€169.23
|
|
pay 29.1% more for childcare
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$523.81
|
$567.15
€526.17
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,900.00
|
$16,334.68
€15,154.50
|
|
pay 25.4% less for entertainment and sports
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
|
$2.25
€2.09
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.43
|
$2.59
€2.41
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.00
|
$4.95
€4.59
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$61.43
|
$38.69
€35.89
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.00
|
$9.90
€9.18
|
|
pay 2.6% less for clothing
San Juan
|
Bratislava
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$47.50
|
$72.13
€66.92
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$49.17
|
$33.23
€30.83
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.00
|
$80.53
€74.72
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$117.38
|
$102.09
€94.72
|
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