Budapest vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Budapest	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1469	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3612	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$750	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$441	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1697	$4433
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	78
😀 Quality of life	81	89
🏙️ Population	1.69M	689K

The cost of living in Budapest is 41% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4163rd and 924th ($1469 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 798th 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 1.2 months in Budapest compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nashville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 680th and 281st 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	$12.2	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.1	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.41	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$772	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$593	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1424	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5742	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3887	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.79	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.89	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.85	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.5	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.7	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.1	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$486	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15168	$30241

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1169
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$998
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1138
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1083
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1127
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1130
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$991
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$939
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$868
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1074
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1196
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$958
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$989
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$877
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$1036
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1063
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$930
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$976
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1278
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1394
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$1002
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$961
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1190
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$1026
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1335
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$981
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$1031
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$1036
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$866
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$850
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1561
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$923
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$1004
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1124
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1291
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1196

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581