Budapest vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$707	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$881
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	82	73
🏙️ Population	1.69M	13.3M

The cost of living in Budapest is 4% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4312th and 4141st ($1377 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Russia, respectively. Check Hungary vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 636th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Moscow

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	Budapest	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$15272

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772