Budapest vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$2623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$6220
🏠 One person rent	$540	$1671
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$3099
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$4605
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	78
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	1.71M	689K

The cost of living in Budapest is 57% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4647th and 489th ($1124 vs $2623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 441st 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 months in Budapest compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nashville ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 485th and 198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Nashville

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	Budapest	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$5.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$1401
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$3812
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$2623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$75.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$3579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$3234
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$5.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$5.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$3.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$8.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$3.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$90
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$1334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$20441

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$915
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$824
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$968
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$858
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$860
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$873
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$857
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$780
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$736
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$806
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$706
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$801
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$675
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$852
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1238
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$829
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$769
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1125
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1476
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$767
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$755
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1041
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$888
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1073
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$695
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$719
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$901
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$764
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$777
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1269
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$737
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$767
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$835
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1149
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1040

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2438
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2367
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2345
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2312
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2300
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2255
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2293
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2260
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2534
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2155
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$1968
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1987
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2220
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1766
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2004
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$2123
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2386
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2546
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1313
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$2045
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1702
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1941
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$1985
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1785
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1742
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1768
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1933
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2026
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1515
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1910
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1487
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1768
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2142
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1972
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2120
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1675