Budapest vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$553	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$3141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	86
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.79M

The cost of living in Budapest is 55% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4777th and 861st ($1109 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Hungary and Canada, respectively. Check Hungary vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 618th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Toronto

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	Budapest	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$17118

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095