Budapest vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$2300
🏠 One person rent	$540	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$63.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$836
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	92	55
😀 Quality of life	79	53
🏙️ Population	1.71M	39K

The cost of living in Budapest is 11% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4647th and 5228th ($1124 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Hungary and the Palestine, respectively. Check Hungary vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 0.8 months in Ramallah. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 485th and 6114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Ramallah

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	Budapest	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$38.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$5.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$432
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$770
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$84.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$38.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$1116
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$5.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$4.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$59
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$9.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$196
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$3737

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$964
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1583
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1752
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2068
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1900
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$849
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1701
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$760
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$737
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2113
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1776
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1873
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1826
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2149
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1850
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$802
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$679
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$1962
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1499