Budapest vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Budapest	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1354	$840
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3279	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$685	$457
🏘️ Family rent	$1155	$800
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1447	$511
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	46
😀 Quality of life	80	57
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.96M

The cost of living in Budapest is 61% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4398th and 6500th ($1354 vs $840) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Hungary vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 627th and 5961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Tashkent

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	Budapest	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.81	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$715	$585
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$534	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$917	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.3	$31.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$48.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	22.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4883	$1672
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3108	$941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$0.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.21	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.02	$2.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.14	$3.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.5	$47.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.82	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.2	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$8.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.3	$42.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$462	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12299	$9151

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1065
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$928
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1076
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$988
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1033
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$934
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$941
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$878
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$818
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$984
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1177
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$876
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1160
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$941
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$979
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$773
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$932
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1052
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$866
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$873
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1229
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1382
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$961
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$892
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1217
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$904
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$1009
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1339
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$900
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$960
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$1039
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$790
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1394
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$828
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$923
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$976
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1273
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1188

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$447
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$643
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$544
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$663
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$659
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$649
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$509
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$544
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$645
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$684
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$492
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$673
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$450
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$483
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$437
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$442
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$522
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$697
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$501
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$593
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$670
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$675
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$494
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$408
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$735
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$497
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$462
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$411
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1741
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$445
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$613
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$385
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$415
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$660
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$645
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$789