Budapest vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$553	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$388
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	60
😀 Quality of life	79	56
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.42M

The cost of living in Budapest is 119% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4777th and 8600th ($1109 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Hungary and Ukraine, respectively. Check Hungary vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 618th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Kharkiv

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	Budapest	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549