Budapest vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$589	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$591
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	43
😀 Quality of life	80	64
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.08M

The cost of living in Budapest is 52% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4643rd and 6525th ($1185 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Hungary and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 551st and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Nur-Sultan

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	Budapest	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$6243

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595