Budapest vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$4878
🏠 One person rent	$589	$1179
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$2118
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3356
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	84
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	1.69M	633K

The cost of living in Budapest is 43% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4643rd and 1692nd ($1185 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Hungary and Germany, respectively. Check Hungary vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Stuttgart ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 551st and 74th 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	$10.4	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$3.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$1120
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$1630
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$7028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$5083
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$54.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$27.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$15.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$9.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$54.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$65.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$97.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$16244

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1831
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1829
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1815
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1818
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1796
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1807
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1793
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1758
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1781
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1782
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1756
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1760
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1759
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1737
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1726
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1629
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1709
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1760
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1704
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1914
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1730
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1512
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1711
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1608
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1675
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1298
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1783
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1661
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1831
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1698
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1748
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1581
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1668
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1772
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1669
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1671