Budapest vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$589	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	80	74
🏙️ Population	1.69M	13M

The cost of living in Budapest is 10% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4643rd and 5091st ($1185 vs $1075) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 551st and 1280th 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	$10.4	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$11652

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541