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Europe
Budapest
Hungary
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Budapest compare to Stockholm?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Budapest is 15% better off vs in Stockholm
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Budapest compared to Stockholm, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$27,798
-$13,525 (-33%) vs Stockholm
Tax Rate: 34%
Weather
How does the weather in Budapest compare to Stockholm?
Budapest has better overall weather
4.3/10(vs 3.1/10 in Stockholm)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
16°C(vs 10°C in Stockholm)
Average Low
6°C(vs 3°C in Stockholm)
Sunshine Hours
1,988h/yr+185h/yr(+10%)
Average High in hottest month
27°C(vs 22°C in Stockholm)
Average Low in coldest month
-3°C(vs -5°C in Stockholm)
Rainy Days
70/yr-4/yr
Muggy Days
7/yr+6/yr(+1000%)
Cloud Cover
50%(vs 60% in Stockholm)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Budapest compare to Stockholm?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Budapest compared to Stockholm?
SWE Affordability
11.2 years
6.2 years quicker than Stockholm
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Budapest has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than Stockholm.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Budapest to maintain the same standard of living.
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