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Expense calculator
Choose a country and a lifestyle and see what a student spends each month, built from the ranges universities and governments publish.
Hungary, Budapest
Lifestyle: Standard. Budget is the low end of each published range, Standard the midpoint, Comfortable the high end.
Whole course, everything counted
HUF 3,209,250About $8,986 (approximate USD)
Per month: HUF 267,438
- RentHUF 117,857
- FoodHUF 147,322
- Local transportHUF 2,259
- Health insuranceNot published
- Phone and internetNot published
Not every category has an official figure, so the totals below are understated. Missing: Health insurance, Phone and internet.
- Per month
- HUF 267,438About $749 (approximate USD)
- Per year (12 months)
- HUF 3,209,250About $8,986 (approximate USD)
- Living costs for 12 months
- HUF 3,209,250About $8,986 (approximate USD)
Where each figure comes from
Rent: HUF 78,571 to HUF 157,143 a month
- from EUR 200 (bed in shared room); from EUR 400 (1-bedroom flat) per month BME International Mentor Team (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) (2024-2025)
Food: HUF 98,214 to HUF 196,429 a month
- EUR 250-500 per month BME International Mentor Team (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) (2024-2025)
Local transport: HUF 982 to HUF 3,536 a month
- EUR 2.5 (with student ID); EUR 9 (without) per month BME International Mentor Team (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) (2024-2025)