Budapest vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Budapest	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1580	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3914	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$810	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1423	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1832	$792
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	45
😀 Quality of life	81	69
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.08M

The cost of living in Budapest is 92% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3675th and 6663rd ($1580 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Hungary and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Budapest compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 646th and 4272nd 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	$13.9	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.67	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$839	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$633	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.5	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.8%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6164	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4452	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.4	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.94	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.37	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.71	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.9	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17067	$6976

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553