Budapest vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$589	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$188
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	29
😀 Quality of life	80	13
🏙️ Population	1.69M	4.27M

The cost of living in Budapest is 98% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4643rd and 7801st ($1185 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 551st and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Kabul

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	Budapest	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$1452

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487