Budapest vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$2664
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$6130
🏠 One person rent	$553	$1711
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$2905
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$4990
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	97
😀 Quality of life	79	79
🏙️ Population	1.69M	793K

The cost of living in Budapest is 58% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 4777th and 556th ($1109 vs $2664) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 509th 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 1.9 months in Hempstead. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Hempstead ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 618th and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Budapest vs Hempstead

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

	Budapest	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$6.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$2884
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$2577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$68.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$7917
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$5542
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$131
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$5.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$5.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$111
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$22.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$1388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$27808

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302