Budapest vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$4929
🏠 One person rent	$553	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$2177
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$3222
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	79	95
🏙️ Population	1.69M	626K

The cost of living in Budapest is 45% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 4777th and 1806th ($1109 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th in Hungary and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Glasgow. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 618th and 24th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Glasgow

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	Budapest	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$89.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$4.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$1168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$840
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$2489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$320
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$39.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$3920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$2776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$3.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$8.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$16.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$80.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$1078
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$15092

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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

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288