Arlington vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Arlington	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1807	$1124
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4757	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1010	$540
🏘️ Family rent	$1967	$963
🍽️ Food expenses	$539	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4550	$1147
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	75	79
🏙️ Population	394K	1.71M

The cost of living in Arlington is 61% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 2320th and 4647th ($1807 vs $1124) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1872nd 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 2.5 months in Arlington compared to 1 months in Budapest. Arlington ranked 235th best city to live in the United States vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 1022nd and 485th 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	$16.2	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59	$46.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.38	$7.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.32	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$533
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$790	$412
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1340	$1037
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1821	$755
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$87.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	9.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2184	$3734
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2175	$2607
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.49	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.1	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$5.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$5.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.64	$5.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.13	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.17	$3.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.1	$46.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$6.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$57.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$10.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$74.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1593	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21722	$10141

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2043
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2338
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2059
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2039
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2107
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1987
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2053
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2173
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2162
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2176
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2139
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$1872
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2236
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2017
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2306
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2108
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$1992
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2497
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2099
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2155
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2206
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2267
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2157
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$1804
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2199
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2149
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2223
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2323
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2235
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2242
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2111
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2301
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2516
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2200
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2384

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$915
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$824
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$968
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$858
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$860
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$873
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$857
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$780
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$736
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$806
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$706
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$801
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$675
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$852
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1238
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$829
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$769
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1125
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1476
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$767
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$755
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1041
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$888
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1073
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$695
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$719
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$901
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$764
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$777
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1269
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$737
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$767
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$835
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1149
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1040