Banska Bystrica
- Population
- 75,000
- Coordinates
- 48.74Β° N, 19.15Β° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Bratislava
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,326 a month in Banska Bystrica, rent included: 78% less than in New York. The average net salary is $1,120 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Banska Bystrica; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%55
- Safetycountry20%60
- Health carecountry15%54
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%58
- Connectivitycountry10%43
- Cost10%59
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Worldwide, among high-confidence cities
- #845
- Livability rank in Slovakia
- #19
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,348
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Banska Bystrica | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $7.46 | $25.00 | β70% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $26.98 | $140 | β81% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $8.04 | $14.00 | β43% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $1.95 | $8.00 | β76% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.30 | $10.00 | β77% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.97 | $6.37 | β69% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.78 | $3.80 | β53% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.19 | $2.89 | β59% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.98 | $1.36 | β28% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.93 | $4.68 | β80% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.82 | $6.97 | β74% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.44 | $5.73 | β40% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $9.05 | $17.38 | β48% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.60 | $15.11 | β56% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $9.76 | $17.77 | β45% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.21 | $6.11 | β64% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.74 | $2.20 | β21% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.09 | $5.77 | β64% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.46 | $6.25 | β29% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.26 | $3.47 | β64% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.15 | $4.17 | β72% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.34 | $2.72 | β51% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.54 | $2.50 | β78% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $5.74 | $20.00 | β71% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $0.86 | $3.21 | β73% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.64 | $3.96 | β59% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $5.74 | $19.00 | β70% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.15 | $3.00 | β62% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $22.96 | $140 | β84% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.87 | $3.00 | β4% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.72 | $2.18 | β21% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $22.96 | $42.00 | β45% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.80 | $1.10 | +64% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $26,736 | $35,458 | β25% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $22,947 | $25,309 | β9% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $21.24 | $73.50 | β71% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $16.65 | $71.93 | β77% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $51.66 | $126 | β59% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $28.70 | $62.38 | β54% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $8.04 | $23.00 | β65% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $341 | $3,366 | β90% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $9,184 | $60,589 | β85% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $74.62 | $72.80 | +3% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $43.05 | $53.22 | β19% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $91.84 | $118 | β22% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $74.62 | $125 | β40% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $631 | $4,417 | β86% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $497 | $3,033 | β84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,091 | $9,242 | β88% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $746 | $5,461 | β86% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $4,783 | $18,759 | β75% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $3,788 | $6,523 | β42% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $1,120 | $5,178 | β78% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.76% | 6.49% | β2.7 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $631 | $1,120 |
| Jul 2026 | β | β | β |
| Jun 2026 | β | β | β |
| May 2026 | 69.1 | $646 | $1,145 |
| Jan 2026 | 68.8 | $646 | $1,146 |
| Dec 2025 | 55.7 | $644 | $1,142 |
| Nov 2025 | 54.8 | $634 | $1,124 |
| Oct 2025 | 55.2 | $639 | $1,009 |
| Sep 2025 | 55.3 | $644 | $1,017 |
| Jul 2025 | 55.4 | $646 | $1,020 |
| May 2025 | 64.6 | $615 | $971 |
| Apr 2025 | 65.7 | $625 | $987 |
| Mar 2025 | 62.7 | $596 | $940 |
| Feb 2025 | 60.1 | $571 | $902 |
| Jan 2025 | 60.1 | $572 | $902 |
| Dec 2024 | 59.5 | $572 | $903 |
| Nov 2024 | 56.2 | $582 | $919 |
| Oct 2024 | 57.6 | $597 | $942 |
| Sep 2024 | 59.5 | $611 | $964 |
| Aug 2024 | β | $598 | $943 |
| Jul 2024 | β | $579 | $930 |
| Jun 2024 | β | $584 | $939 |
| May 2024 | β | $582 | $935 |
| Apr 2024 | 52.0 | $585 | $1,047 |
| Mar 2024 | 52.0 | $595 | $1,068 |
| Feb 2024 | 50.0 | $603 | $1,083 |
| Jan 2024 | 48.7 | $610 | $1,096 |
| Dec 2023 | 50.8 | $581 | $1,013 |
| Nov 2023 | 50.7 | $580 | $1,060 |
| Oct 2023 | 49.3 | $565 | $984 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Slovakia's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Banska Bystrica yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Banska Bystrica. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Banska Bystrica on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Banska Bystrica yet.
- Annual mean
- β
- Warmest month
- β
- Coldest month
- β
- Rain a year
- β
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- β
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- β
- Clear-sky daysA year
- β
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
- β
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Banska Bystrica.
Internet
Slovakia median; city not listed- Upload
- 62Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 9ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 121Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 20ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 19.1Years of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 35.4Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 2.8%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 4.19%20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 28.5Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Banska Bystrica
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Contributors
- 26Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026