Budapest vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$553	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$4536
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	79	76
🏙️ Population	1.69M	467K

The cost of living in Budapest is 60% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4777th and 379th ($1109 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 339th in Hungary and the United States, respectively. Check Hungary vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 618th and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Long Beach

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	Budapest	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$27134

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683