Budapest vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$553	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	90
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.51M

The cost of living in Budapest is 50% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4777th and 1352nd ($1109 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Germany, respectively. Check Hungary vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 618th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Munich

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	Budapest	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560