Budapest vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$4525
🏠 One person rent	$553	$954
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$1757
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$2907
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	84
😀 Quality of life	79	90
🏙️ Population	1.69M	513K

The cost of living in Budapest is 37% less expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 4777th and 2461st ($1109 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 143rd in Hungary and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Liverpool ranked 23rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 618th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Liverpool

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	Budapest	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$82.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$9.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$645
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$1201
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$310
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	5.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$3350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$2471
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$89.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$8.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$3.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$76.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$85.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$1465
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$15161

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686