Hungary
- Capital
- Budapest
- Region
- Central Europe
- Population, 2025
- 9.5 million
- Currency
- HUF
- Area
- 93,028 km²
Across Hungary's 45 priced cities, one person needs about $1,360 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,551.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
69out of 100
- Purchasing power25%63
- Safety20%67
- Health care15%54
- Climate10%80
- Air quality10%96
- Connectivity10%90
- Cost10%51
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #14
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
48.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
14.9
New York = 100
Purchasing power
118.5
New York = 100
One person
$1,360
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,551
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$638
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$25,907
2025
Growth
+0.5%
2025
Unemployment
4.5%
2025
Inflation
4.4%
2025
Life expectancy
76.7 years
2024
Internet users
94%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 15%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 9%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 27%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 15%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 18.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 13%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 18%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 66.8
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 33.2
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.7
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #16 worldwide
- 271
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #48 worldwide
- 94
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +24%
Cities in Hungary
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Szekesfehervar | 70 | 44.9 | $409 | $1,522 | 160.6 | 101.6K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 2Pest | 68 | — | — | — | — | 1M | Low confidence |
| 3Budapest XI. kerület | 68 | — | — | — | — | 139K | Low confidence |
| 4Budapest XIII. kerület | 68 | — | — | — | — | 113.5K | Low confidence |
| 5Újpest | 68 | — | — | — | — | 100.7K | Low confidence |
| 6Buda | 68 | — | — | — | — | 510.1K | Low confidence |
| 7Budapest III. kerület | 68 | — | — | — | — | 123.7K | Low confidence |
| 8Zugló | 68 | — | — | — | — | 130K | Low confidence |
| 9Nyiregyhaza | 68 | 44.0 | $567 | $1,551 | 144.3 | 117.7K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 10Budapest | 67 | 53.5 | $855 | $1,719 | 118.5 | 1.7M | High confidence, 300 contributors |
| 11Szeged | 67 | 46.5 | $535 | $1,298 | 120.3 | 160.8K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 12Gyor | 67 | 49.0 | $525 | $1,419 | 128.7 | 129.3K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 13Miskolc | 67 | 44.8 | $425 | $1,205 | 125.5 | 154.5K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 14Kecskemet | 66 | 42.9 | $524 | $1,133 | 110.9 | 109.8K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 15Debrecen | 66 | 48.4 | $638 | $1,281 | 107.3 | 202.4K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 16Pecs | 64 | 47.4 | $638 | $1,095 | 92.8 | 145.3K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 17Komló | 62 | 46.1 | $205 | $1,039 | 132.5 | 26.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18Paks | 61 | 38.9 | $472 | $1,323 | 143.1 | 20.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 19Eger | 60 | 44.8 | $535 | $1,455 | 137.6 | 53.9K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 20Ozd | 60 | 46.4 | $189 | — | — | 30.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 21Szentendre | 60 | 48.5 | $630 | $1,575 | 132.5 | 23.6K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 22Szolnok | 59 | 43.8 | $415 | $1,088 | 116.1 | 71.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 23Szombathely | 59 | 45.9 | $472 | $1,202 | 118.2 | 78K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 24Dunaujvaros | 59 | 43.1 | $299 | — | — | 50.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 25Hodmezovasarhely (Hódmezővásárhely) | 59 | 46.1 | $318 | $955 | 108.0 | 44K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 26Siofok | 59 | 50.2 | $398 | $1,161 | 115.1 | 23K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 27Sopron | 59 | 46.8 | $657 | $1,442 | 121.1 | 62.2K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 28Esztergom | 58 | 48.3 | $504 | $1,197 | 111.2 | 28.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Ajka | 58 | 41.8 | — | — | — | 31.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 30Keszthely | 58 | 42.8 | — | — | — | 19.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 31Godollo | 58 | 48.0 | $598 | $1,260 | 109.2 | 32.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 32Kisvarda | 58 | 45.2 | — | — | — | 18.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 33Tatabanya | 58 | 43.5 | $477 | $995 | 100.6 | 65.8K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 34Csorna | 58 | 46.4 | — | — | — | 10.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 35Csongrad | 57 | 47.7 | — | — | — | 18.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 36Kalocsa | 57 | 48.0 | — | — | — | 18.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 37Budakeszi | 57 | 46.8 | — | — | — | 14.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 38Törökbálint | 57 | 47.2 | — | — | — | 11.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 39Koszeg | 57 | 47.7 | — | — | — | 11.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 40Üröm | 57 | 47.6 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 41Baja | 57 | 48.4 | — | — | — | 37.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 42Zalakaros | 57 | 48.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 43Heviz | 57 | 50.9 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 44Veszprem | 57 | 47.9 | $575 | $1,155 | 102.0 | 56.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 45Korosladany | 57 | 51.7 | — | — | — | 5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 46Szekszard | 57 | 44.7 | $472 | $945 | 94.5 | 34.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 47Dunakeszi | 57 | 48.1 | $557 | $1,114 | 99.6 | 30.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 48Nyergesujfalu | 57 | 44.3 | $630 | — | — | 7.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 49Cegled | 56 | — | — | — | — | 39.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 50Vac | 56 | — | $525 | $1,449 | — | 35.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 51Mohacs | 56 | — | — | — | — | 18.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 52Zalaegerszeg | 56 | 46.8 | $346 | $787 | 85.8 | 61.9K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 53Gyongyos | 56 | 41.5 | $430 | $780 | 84.6 | 32.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 54Nagykanizsa | 55 | 44.8 | $294 | $595 | 70.3 | 47.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 55Paszto | 54 | 47.7 | — | $764 | 71.6 | 10.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |