Budapest vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Budapest	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$4146
🏠 One person rent	$540	$973
🏘️ Family rent	$963	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$492
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$3865
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	84
😀 Quality of life	79	94
🏙️ Population	1.71M	626K

The cost of living in Budapest is 36% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4647th and 2481st ($1124 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Hungary and Germany, respectively. Check Hungary vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Budapest compared to 2.2 months in Stuttgart. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Stuttgart ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 485th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Stuttgart

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	Budapest	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$55.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$4.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$3.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$976
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1037	$1831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$755	$1362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.8	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$239
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$42.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.99%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3734	$7158
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2607	$4759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$8.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$1.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.6	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.7	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10141	$13800

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1648
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1648
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1639
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1653
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1639
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1645
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1643
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1646
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1664
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1649
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1666
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1675
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1639
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1670
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1638
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1654
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1671
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1655
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1690
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1811
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1689
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1650
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1726
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1661
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1672
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1666
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1713
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1652
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1663
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1661
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1651
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1657
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1591
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1640
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1666
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1636