Budapest vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1809
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$4321
🏠 One person rent	$589	$1032
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$1832
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$503
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3121
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	53 km
🎓 Higher education	92	87
😀 Quality of life	80	91
🏙️ Population	1.69M	518K

The cost of living in Budapest is 34% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 4643rd and 2462nd ($1185 vs $1809) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 167th in Hungary and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Sheffield ranked 21st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 551st and 127th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Sheffield

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	Budapest	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$80.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$5.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$980
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$837
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$1514
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	5.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$3788
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$2630
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$2.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$95.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$4.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$9.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$16.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$83.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$79.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$86.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$1136
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$9922

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1449
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1383
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1805
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1652
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1788
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1898
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$2098
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1722
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1987
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1877
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1780
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1670
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2137
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1817
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1944
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1776
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1936
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1910
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1894
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1849
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1638
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1592
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1804
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1742
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1852
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1930
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1893
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1493
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1845
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1552
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2069
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1855