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Choose where you live now and another city. You'll see what a normal month costs in each: rent, food, transport, bills and going out.

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Budapest is 6% more expensive than Istanbul.

Monthly cost for one person, renting in the city centre. Includes rent, food, transport, bills and going out.

Where you live now

IstanbulTürkiye

TRY 64,425

per month

City to compare

BudapestHungary

HUF 443,551

per month, about TRY 67,990

Monthly costs by category

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CategoryIstanbulBudapestDifference
Rent34,66532,189−7%
Groceries11,09512,813+15%
Eating out6,0667,905+30%
Getting around2,9213,651+25%
Bills6,1797,305+18%
Going out2,5713,143+22%
Clothes929983+6%
Total per month64,42567,990+6%

Budapest: no reports yet, so these numbers are starting estimates from the city's overall price level.How this is calculated

Everyday prices in Budapest

The typical price people paid recently, and how it compares with Istanbul. "Estimated" means we don't have many reports yet.

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ItemTypical priceWhat people paidvs IstanbulReports
Cappuccino, regularEstimated TRY 109 +31% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Meal at an inexpensive restaurantEstimated TRY 460 +34% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Monthly public transport passEstimated TRY 3,051 +25% vs Istanbul 0 reports
1-bedroom flat, city centreEstimated TRY 32,189 −7% vs Istanbul 0 reports
1-bedroom flat, outside the centreEstimated TRY 23,176 −7% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Milk, 1 LEstimated TRY 40.75 +14% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Eggs, 12Estimated TRY 145 +17% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Chicken fillets, 1 kgEstimated TRY 408 +14% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Electricity, water, heating and cooling for 85 m²Estimated TRY 5,652 +20% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Home internet, 60 Mbps or fasterEstimated TRY 1,888 +17% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Mobile plan with calls and 10 GB+ dataEstimated TRY 1,743 +17% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Gym membership, monthlyEstimated TRY 2,245 +22% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Cinema ticketEstimated TRY 449 +22% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Jeans, Levi's 501 or similarEstimated TRY 2,660 +6% vs Istanbul 0 reports
Most reports (10th–90th percentile) Middle half of reports Same item in Istanbul
All prices in Budapest

Where the numbers come from

People who live in each city share what they paid. Every price is checked before it counts.

  1. People share prices

    Anyone can add what they paid, in their own currency. No account needed. A quick automatic check keeps bots out.

  2. We check every price

    Typos, wrong currencies and impossible amounts are caught. An unusual price only counts after someone else reports something similar.

  3. We work out the typical price

    We use the middle price of recent reports. When a city has only a few reports, we estimate the rest and label it "Estimated".

No reports in the last 30 days yet. When they arrive, you'll see here how many were counted, held for a second opinion or turned down.

Most and least expensive cities

Monthly cost for one person renting in the city centre, in Turkish Lira. Pick a city to compare it with Istanbul. See all cities

Most expensive

  1. 1New YorkUnited StatesTRY 281,837
  2. 2San FranciscoUnited StatesTRY 240,189
  3. 3ZurichSwitzerlandTRY 230,679
  4. 4BostonUnited StatesTRY 228,251
  5. 5GenevaSwitzerlandTRY 218,763
  6. 6SingaporeSingaporeTRY 211,015
  7. 7LondonUnited KingdomTRY 205,224
  8. 8Los AngelesUnited StatesTRY 196,501

Least expensive

  1. 118KarachiPakistanTRY 27,932
  2. 117KathmanduNepalTRY 31,814
  3. 116CairoEgyptTRY 33,823
  4. 115DhakaBangladeshTRY 34,290
  5. 114New DelhiIndiaTRY 40,630
  6. 113TunisTunisiaTRY 40,887
  7. 112BengaluruIndiaTRY 43,106
  8. 111Chiang MaiThailandTRY 44,458

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