Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Hungary
  3. France
  4. Comparison
HUF
COMPARED TO
EUR

France is 2.1 times more expensive than Hungary.

If you lived in France instead of Hungary, you would:
local_dining

pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

  Hungary help_outline France help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.81
Ft1,560.72
$16.02
€14.05
+175.9%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.23
Ft1,404.94
$9.85
€8.64
+88.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.04
Ft278.98
$2.82
€2.47
+171.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.76
Ft203.99
$1.96
€1.72
+158.1%
Average +148.6%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 2.0 times more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.72
Ft192.66
$1.59
€1.39
+121.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.13
Ft840.33
$7.84
€6.87
+150.8%
Milk (1 gallon) $2.94
Ft790.83
$4.36
€3.82
+48.2%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.79
Ft481.40
$3.30
€2.89
+84.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.10
Ft565.88
$5.18
€4.54
+146.1%
Apples (1 lb) $0.63
Ft168.65
$1.32
€1.16
+110.1%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.67
Ft180.02
$1.01
€0.88
+50.1%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.69
Ft185.28
$1.32
€1.16
+91.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.79
Ft211.75
$1.45
€1.27
+84.2%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.43
Ft115.23
$0.92
€0.81
+114.6%
Onions (1 lb) $0.44
Ft118.05
$1.07
€0.94
+143.7%
Average +104.1%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 70.2% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.77
Ft1,282.45
$6.55
€5.74
+37.2%
Monthly public transit pass $23.15
Ft6,224.05
$50.91
€44.64
+119.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $19,652.40
Ft5,283,350.26
$24,800.45
€21,747.54
+26.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $10.23
Ft2,750.42
$20.20
€17.71
+97.4%
Average +70.2%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 89.9% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $14.11
Ft3,793.95
$30.42
€26.67
+115.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $334.71
Ft89,982.53
$721.22
€632.43
+115.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $251.44
Ft67,595.97
$565.86
€496.20
+125.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $121.59
Ft32,688.22
$125.62
€110.16
+3.3%
Average +89.9%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.8 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $225.27
Ft60,562.80
$735.92
€645.33
+226.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,676.69
Ft1,526,122.57
$12,875.16
€11,290.24
+126.8%
Average +176.8%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 2.6 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.40
Ft375.13
$6.25
€5.48
+347.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.33
Ft358.82
$3.08
€2.70
+130.4%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.51
Ft1,213.36
$11.35
€9.95
+151.5%
Monthly membership at local gym $31.36
Ft8,430.53
$39.88
€34.97
+27.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $5.18
Ft1,393.36
$11.51
€10.09
+122.1%
Average +155.8%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 48.8% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $58.41
Ft15,703.91
$88.18
€77.32
+50.9%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $28.85
Ft7,756.68
$40.47
€35.49
+40.3%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $69.00
Ft18,550.32
$93.45
€81.94
+35.4%
Men's business shoes (leather) $76.85
Ft20,661.47
$129.44
€113.51
+68.4%
Average +48.8%
Hungary vs. France - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2021
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