Budapest vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$553	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$4538
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	78
😀 Quality of life	79	88
🏙️ Population	1.69M	689K

The cost of living in Budapest is 56% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4777th and 790th ($1109 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 733rd 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 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 618th and 244th 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	$9.45	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494