Cost of living comparison
Hungary is 19.0% more expensive than Burma.
If you lived in Hungary instead of Burma, you would:
pay 2.1 times more for restaurants
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.92
K6,138
|
$7.37
Ft2,708.13
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.00
K12,631
|
$5.73
Ft2,105.71
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.58
K1,223
|
$1.18
Ft433.31
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.34
K713
|
$0.97
Ft355.66
|
|
pay 3.9% more for groceries
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.37
K2,891
|
$1.13
Ft415.89
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.84
K10,180
|
$5.07
Ft1,863.15
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.47
K11,515
|
$3.47
Ft1,277.06
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.61
K3,394
|
$2.28
Ft836.56
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.68
K5,641
|
$2.16
Ft795.35
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.86
K1,801
|
$0.64
Ft234.56
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.34
K716
|
$0.65
Ft239.00
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.98
K2,055
|
$0.69
Ft254.27
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.72
K1,509
|
$1.39
Ft510.17
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.57
K1,190
|
$0.44
Ft163.17
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.73
K1,528
|
$0.44
Ft162.67
|
|
pay 32.5% more for transportation
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.73
K5,758
|
$5.48
Ft2,012.89
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.15
K36,099
|
$24.10
Ft8,859.41
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$27,500.00
K57,893,532
|
$21,929.98
Ft8,061,076.16
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.47
K19,940
|
$10.36
Ft3,808.37
|
|
pay 18.7% less for housing
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$71.23
K149,951
|
$13.65
Ft5,017.97
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$602.64
K1,268,679
|
$356.86
Ft131,174.59
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$320.96
K675,688
|
$280.52
Ft103,114.64
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$69.50
K146,307
|
$110.62
Ft40,660.57
|
|
pay 57.8% less for childcare
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$482.50
K1,015,768
|
$218.36
Ft80,264.84
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,680.00
K24,588,962
|
$4,572.41
Ft1,680,737.45
|
|
pay 74.4% more for entertainment and sports
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.09
K2,304
|
$1.58
Ft580.53
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.07
K4,348
|
$1.71
Ft627.89
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.43
K3,016
|
$5.63
Ft2,069.95
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.84
K73,354
|
$36.88
Ft13,557.63
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.92
K8,259
|
$5.73
Ft2,105.18
|
|
pay 10.7% less for clothing
Burma
|
Hungary
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$40.27
K84,776
|
$57.90
Ft21,282.28
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$47.60
K100,217
|
$26.48
Ft9,733.67
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.17
K204,561
|
$72.51
Ft26,655.10
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$88.67
K186,677
|
$73.83
Ft27,138.95
|
|
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