Budapest vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$1753
🏠 One person rent	$540	$277
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$756
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$41.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$245
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	92	66
😀 Quality of life	79	50
🏙️ Population	1.71M	1.96M

The cost of living in Budapest is 88% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 4647th and 7675th ($1124 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 42nd in Hungary and Iran, respectively. Check Hungary vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 0.4 months in Isfahan. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Isfahan ranked 6th in Iran, while ranked 485th and 6267th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Isfahan

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	Budapest	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$4.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$1003
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$666
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$8.33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$12.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	25.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$1449
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$2.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$2.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$5.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$0.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$1.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$4.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$1.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$21.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$61.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$644

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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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$538
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$531
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$561
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$561
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$454
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$456
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$511
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$541
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$575
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$549
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$546
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$616
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$502
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$577
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$636
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$568
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$633
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$559
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$636
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$436
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$550
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$604
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$653
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$606
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$653
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$700
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$654
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$619
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$647
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$655
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$606
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$651