Budapest vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$6031
🏠 One person rent	$589	$1631
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$2780
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$4594
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	68
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	1.69M	875K

The cost of living in Budapest is 55% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 4643rd and 574th ($1185 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 508th in Hungary and the United States, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Charlotte ranked 57th in the United States, while ranked 551st and 230th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Charlotte

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	Budapest	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$75.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$5.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$2.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1670
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$1394
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$3455
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$2308
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$175
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$4378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$2768
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$2.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$93.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$21.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$4.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$6.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$6.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$8.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$4.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$25.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$1274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$25869

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2313
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2178
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2270
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2115
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2146
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1971
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2155
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2194
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2012
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2142
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2081
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2052
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1530
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1844
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1917
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2094
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2105
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2110
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2110
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2162
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2281
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2012
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1857
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2399
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1955
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2509
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1908
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1872
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2122
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2596
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2126
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2076
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2088