Budapest vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$707	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$3627
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	56
😀 Quality of life	82	92
🏙️ Population	1.69M	526K

The cost of living in Budapest is 22% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4312th and 2865th ($1377 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 145th in Hungary and Germany, respectively. Check Hungary vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 636th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Nuremberg

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	Budapest	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719