Budapest vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$589	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$4332
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	61
😀 Quality of life	80	87
🏙️ Population	1.69M	246K

The cost of living in Budapest is 36% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4643rd and 2276th ($1185 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1806th in Hungary and the United States, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 551st and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Louisville

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	Budapest	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$13601

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954