Budapest vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$540	$899
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$1488
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$2841
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	84
😀 Quality of life	79	92
🏙️ Population	1.71M	553K

The cost of living in Budapest is 36% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 4647th and 2513th ($1124 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Hungary and Germany, respectively. Check Hungary vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Hanover ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 485th and 80th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Hanover

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	Budapest	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$75.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$5.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$3.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$1013
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$51.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$5001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$30.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$8.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$77.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$97.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$384
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$14972

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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

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1610
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1602
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1599
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1601
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1599
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1546
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1552
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1517
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1563
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1563
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1552
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1573
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1439
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1516
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1521
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1495
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1381
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1487
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1347
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1391
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1488
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1363
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1301
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1355
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1383
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1492
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1493
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1369
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1487
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1400
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1431
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1270
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1393
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1428
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1380