Budapest vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$707	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$3732
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	99
😀 Quality of life	82	97
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.15M

The cost of living in Budapest is 45% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4312th and 843rd ($1377 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and France, respectively. Check Hungary vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 636th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Paris

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	Budapest	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488