Budapest vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$1001
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$2669
🏠 One person rent	$540	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$776
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$398
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$94.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$3452
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	47
😀 Quality of life	79	78
🏙️ Population	1.71M	2.49M

The cost of living in Budapest is 12% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 4647th and 5313th ($1124 vs $1001) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Hungary and Cuba, respectively. Check Hungary vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 3.4 months in Havana. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 485th and 567th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Havana

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	Budapest	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$6.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$1014
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$35.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	8.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$348
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$2.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$5.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$6.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$9.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$8.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$4.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$0.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$49
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$30.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$39.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$92.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$15283

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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 Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1138
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1092
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1182
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1220
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1209
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1137
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3241
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1269
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1371
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4065
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3152
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3104
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2924
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2904
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2771
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2809
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2752
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2565
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3068
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2722
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2780
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2608
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2711
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2770
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2705
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2738
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2900
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2644
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2686
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2714
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2611
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2610
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2569
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2647
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2611
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2883