Arlington vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1377
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$707
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1218
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$411
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$1503
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	77	82
🏙️ Population	394K	1.69M

The cost of living in Arlington is 35% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 2476th and 4312th ($1856 vs $1377) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1st in the United States and Hungary, respectively. Check the United States vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 1375th and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Budapest

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	Arlington	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$55.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$8.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$735
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$557
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$984
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$91
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$5141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3394
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$13.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$7.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$95
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$447
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$13171

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162