Budapest vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$589	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3299
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	91
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	1.69M	548K

The cost of living in Budapest is 45% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4643rd and 1500th ($1185 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd 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 1.5 months in Manchester. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 551st and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Manchester

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	Budapest	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$17390

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761