Budapest vs San Juan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	San Juan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$4383
🏠 One person rent	$589	$1148
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$1906
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$2082
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	92	54
😀 Quality of life	80	83
🏙️ Population	1.69M	342K

The cost of living in Budapest is 40% less expensive than in San Juan. Cities ranked 4643rd and 1937th ($1185 vs $1974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1608th 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 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.1 months in San Juan. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs San Juan ranked 105th in the United States, while ranked 551st and 406th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Budapest vs San Juan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/budapest/san-juan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Budapest vs San Juan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/budapest/san-juan" target="_blank">Budapest vs San Juan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Budapest vs San Juan

Prices for goods and services in Budapest and San Juan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Budapest	San Juan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$73
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1535
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$2354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$228
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$63.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	5.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$3905
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$2439
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$39.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$28.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$3.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$5.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$8.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$19.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$8.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$47.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$49.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$462
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$10464

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

Cities near San Juan

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Catano	$1764
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Guaynabo	$1531
11 km or 6.8 mi	Trujillo Alto	$1505
11 km or 7.1 mi	Bayamon	$1234
13 km or 7.8 mi	Carolina	$1512
19 km or 12 mi	Canovanas	$1654
20 km or 13 mi	Toa Alta	$1634
21 km or 13 mi	Dorado	$1774
24 km or 15 mi	Gurabo	$1158
24 km or 15 mi	Caguas	$1360
25 km or 16 mi	Naranjito	$1543
26 km or 16 mi	Rio Grande	$1647
28 km or 18 mi	Vega Alta	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Corozal	$1729
32 km or 20 mi	Cidra	$1627
34 km or 21 mi	Vega Baja	$1789
36 km or 23 mi	Las Piedras	$1493
39 km or 24 mi	Cayey	$1672
42 km or 26 mi	Humacao	$1677
42 km or 26 mi	Orocovis	$1683
43 km or 27 mi	Naguabo	$1697
44 km or 27 mi	Manati	$1687
46 km or 28 mi	Fajardo	$1574
49 km or 30 mi	Yabucoa	$1627
51 km or 32 mi	Guayama	$1534
51 km or 32 mi	Coamo	$1616
65 km or 40 mi	Santa Isabel	$1214
69 km or 43 mi	Arecibo	$1129
70 km or 43 mi	Utuado	$1584
77 km or 48 mi	Ponce	$1279
80 km or 50 mi	Hatillo	$792
92 km or 57 mi	Quebradillas	$1458
95 km or 59 mi	Yauco	$1582
98 km or 61 mi	San Sebastian	$1527
103 km or 64 mi	Sabana Grande	$1550
106 km or 66 mi	Isabela	$1425
111 km or 69 mi	San German	$1523
115 km or 71 mi	Aguadilla	$1230
117 km or 72 mi	Mayaguez	$1237
118 km or 74 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2192