Budapest vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$540	$222
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$465
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$386
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	60
😀 Quality of life	79	57
🏙️ Population	1.71M	1.43M

The cost of living in Budapest is 110% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4647th and 8242nd ($1124 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Hungary and Ukraine, respectively. Check Hungary vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 485th and 5715th 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	$9.31	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$1310

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$439
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$504
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$425
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$525
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$462
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$637
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$560
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$543
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$498
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$498
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$476
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$511
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$420
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$457
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$466
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$498
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$493
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$451
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$423
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$443
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$559
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$601
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$576
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$760
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$406
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$401
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$501
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$526
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$531
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$495