Birmingham vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1229
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	96	92
😀 Quality of life	94	79
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.69M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 76% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 1973rd and 4777th ($1951 vs $1109) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Hungary, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 35th and 618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Budapest

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	Birmingham	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$11151

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039