Budapest vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$2601
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$6038
🏠 One person rent	$707	$1451
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$2570
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$729
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$221
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$4591
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	92
😀 Quality of life	82	98
🏙️ Population	1.69M	667K

The cost of living in Budapest is 47% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 4312th and 713th ($1377 vs $2601) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Hungary and Denmark, respectively. Check Hungary vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.8 months in Copenhagen. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 636th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Budapest vs Copenhagen infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/budapest/copenhagen.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Budapest vs Copenhagen infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/budapest/copenhagen" target="_blank">Budapest vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Budapest vs Copenhagen

Prices for goods and services in Budapest and Copenhagen are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Budapest	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$23.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$109
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$15.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$9.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$6.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$4.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$1734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$1183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$3186
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$2138
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$41.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$6448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$116
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$29.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$4.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$5.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$20.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$69.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$37.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$614
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$17654

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678