Student’s Basic Budget in Budapest
Survival budget – This is how much money you will need to have in order to survive in Budapest as a student:
- Accommodation: 40,000-60,000 Ft + utilities
- Food and drink: 30,000 – 40,000 Ft
- Mobility: 3,250 Ft (student pass)
- Insurance: 15,000 Ft
- Leisure activity / recreation: 2,000-12,000 Ft (one movie ticket costs approx. 1,000 Ft)
- Other (phone, internet, clothing, medical expenses, etc.): 15,000-30,000 Ft
Total: 85,000-150,000 Ft
To survive on your own in Budapest, and if you must pay your rent, want to go out only once or twice a month, and have the odd meal at a cheap restaurant, you need the bare minimum of 100,000 Ft monthly as a limited student’s budget.
Convert Ft to your own currency
student’s budget in Budapest, cost of living, Hungary
Family Housing Expenses
Rental prices
- 4 bedroom single standing home outside of Budapest city limits start at 250,000 Ft / 1,000 EUR monthly + utilities
- 4 bedroom single standing home in district 12: 750,000 – 1,500,000 Ft / 3,000 – 6,000 EUR monthly + utilities
Work Visa Rules & Regulations in Hungary
Rules governing the issuance of work visas to EEA citizens and other nationals working in Hungary
As of January 1, 2008, citizens of the member states of the European Economic Area (E.U. plus Norway, Lichtenstein, Switzerland and Iceland) who are in possession of the requisite qualifications for a specific job, no longer need a work permit to take up employment in Hungary. Read more »
