Budapest vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Budapest	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1377	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3353	$809
🏠 One person rent	$707	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$1218	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1503	$113
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	92	47
😀 Quality of life	82	43
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.97M

The cost of living in Budapest is 312% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 4312th and 9121st ($1377 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Hungary and Pakistan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 636th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Peshawar

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	Budapest	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.58	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.18	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5141	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3394	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.03	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$447	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13171	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684