Budapest vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: November 06, 2023

	Budapest	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1149	$740
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2863	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$551	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$975	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1188	$611
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	41
😀 Quality of life	80	63
🏙️ Population	1.71M	1.08M

The cost of living in Budapest is 55% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4455th and 6545th ($1149 vs $740) 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 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 400th and 4842nd 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	$9.68	$7.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.15	$5.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.39	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$455
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1054	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$756	$572
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$31.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10%	15.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3878	$1138
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2659	$796
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.16	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$5.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.04	$1.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$3.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.36	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.21	$5.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.2	$72.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$210
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9896	$7844

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$931
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$817
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1000
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$872
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$857
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$865
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$939
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$888
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$799
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$744
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1013
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$714
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$994
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$822
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$881
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$687
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$926
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1173
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$801
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$785
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1029
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1211
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$792
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$824
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1014
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$810
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$971
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$964
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$659
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$802
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$904
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$675
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$801
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1164
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1228
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$739
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$783
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$885
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1181
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1012

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$584
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$500
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$616
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$563
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$561
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$571
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$507
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$579
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$564
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$662
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$714
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$631
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$499
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$592
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$519
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$490
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$659
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$920
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$524
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$523
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$470
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$605
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$474
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$425
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$608
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$452
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$474
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$593
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$893
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$452
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$640
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$628
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$546
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$370
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$507
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$906
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$397
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1012
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$628