Budapest vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Budapest	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1469	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3612	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$750	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$441	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1697	$120
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	33
😀 Quality of life	81	25
🏙️ Population	1.69M	5.33M

The cost of living in Budapest is 211% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4163rd and 8823rd ($1469 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Hungary and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 680th and 8992nd 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	$12.2	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.1	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$772	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$593	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1424	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5742	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3887	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.79	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.89	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.85	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.5	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.7	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.1	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$486	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15168	$1540

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1169
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$998
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1138
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1083
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1127
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1130
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$991
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$939
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$868
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1074
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1196
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$958
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$989
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$877
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$1036
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1063
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$930
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$976
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1278
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1394
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$1002
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$961
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1190
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$1026
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1335
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$981
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$1031
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$1036
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$866
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$850
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1561
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$923
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$1004
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1124
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1291
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1196

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467