Budapest vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Budapest	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1580	$1018
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3914	$2580
🏠 One person rent	$810	$433
🏘️ Family rent	$1423	$731
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1832	$1251
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	54
😀 Quality of life	81	72
🏙️ Population	1.69M	791K

The cost of living in Budapest is 55% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 3675th and 5436th ($1580 vs $1018) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 299th in Hungary and Japan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Budapest compared to 1.2 months in Niigata. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Niigata ranked 365th in Japan, while ranked 646th and 2749th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Niigata

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	Budapest	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$5.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.1	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$3.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$839	$288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$633	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$514
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.5	$29
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.8%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6164	$2634
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4452	$2645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.4	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.94	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.37	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.71	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.9	$46.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$37.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$43.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$62.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17067	$17418

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1228
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$973
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1226
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1115
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1203
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1195
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$1063
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$981
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$914
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1139
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1156
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$1019
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1126
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$1117
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$928
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$941
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$1124
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1031
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$974
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$1028
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1218
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1340
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$1058
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$978
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1117
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$1042
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$1032
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1308
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$1034
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$1067
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$967
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$915
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$893
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1475
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1590
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$848
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$1076
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1189
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1255
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1160

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$993
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1015
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1013
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1021
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1019
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$996
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1030
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$997
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1066
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1008
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1044
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1053
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$950
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1058
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1007
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$942
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1074
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$935
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$932
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1025
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1004
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$924
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$933
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1002
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1031
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$914
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$928
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$956
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1009
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1021
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$944
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$949
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$904
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1029
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1009