Budapest vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$707	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$721
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	46
😀 Quality of life	82	60
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.2M

The cost of living in Budapest is 56% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4312th and 6322nd ($1377 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Hungary and Russia, respectively. Check Hungary vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 636th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Budapest	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$3800

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758