Budapest vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$589	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$361
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	60
😀 Quality of life	80	56
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.42M

The cost of living in Budapest is 135% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4643rd and 8657th ($1185 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th 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 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 551st and 5755th 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	$10.4	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$2513

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529