Budapest vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$707	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$809
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	54
😀 Quality of life	82	65
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.33M

The cost of living in Budapest is 59% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 4312th and 6377th ($1377 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 16th in Hungary and Russia, respectively. Check Hungary vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 636th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Kazan

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	Budapest	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$14288

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917