Budapest vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$2757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$6734
🏠 One person rent	$540	$1795
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$3490
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$4345
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	82
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	1.71M	468K

The cost of living in Budapest is 59% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 4647th and 304th ($1124 vs $2757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 266th in Hungary and the United States, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Raleigh. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Raleigh ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 485th and 235th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Raleigh

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	Budapest	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$1793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$3656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$3034
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$83.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$9360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$4247
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$5.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$5.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$6.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$4.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$22084

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$915
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$824
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$968
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$858
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$860
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$873
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$857
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$780
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$736
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$806
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$706
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$801
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$675
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$852
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1238
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$829
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$769
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1125
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1476
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$767
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$755
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1041
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$888
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1073
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$695
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$719
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$901
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$764
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$777
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1269
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$737
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$767
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$835
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1149
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1040

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2313
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1731
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2271
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2161
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2112
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2163
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2071
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2159
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2236
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2063
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2031
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1787
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2084
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2084
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1947
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2098
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2053
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2020
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2052
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2056
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2082
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2105
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2139
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2074
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1929
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2112
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$2056
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2191
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2014
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2441
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2229
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2218
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1857