Is Hungary a good place to live for remote workers?

Hungary scores 83/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 315.3 Mbps, safety 96, healthcare 80, air quality 85, english 55) — rank 25 of 167. Budapest offers big-city life cheap; public healthcare underfunded.

How fast is the internet in Hungary?

Median fixed broadband is around 315.3 Mbps. Budapest offers big-city life cheap; public healthcare underfunded.

What does $3,000/month get you in Hungary?

Single-person essentials run about $1,094/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.7× essentials).

Livability · rank 25/167

Is 🇭🇺 Hungary (Budapest) a good place to live?

Quality score 83/100 against essentials of $1,094/month. Budapest offers big-city life cheap; public healthcare underfunded.

The five metrics

Internet 100 315.3 Mbps median broadband, 93.8% online

Safety 96 0.7 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 80 UHC service coverage 80/100 (2023)

Air quality 85 PM2.5 11.6 µg/m³ (2023)

English 55 day-to-day usability

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: middling; World Bank WGI estimate 0.19 · corruption control 0.04 · stability 0.44 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $16.27 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $15.53/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($1,094)	Verdict
$2,000	1.8×	very comfortable
$3,000	2.7×	like royalty
$5,000	4.6×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

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Similar value-for-money

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Frequently asked questions

Is Hungary a good place to live for remote workers?: Hungary scores 83/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 315.3 Mbps, safety 96, healthcare 80, air quality 85, english 55) — rank 25 of 167. Budapest offers big-city life cheap; public healthcare underfunded.
How fast is the internet in Hungary?: Median fixed broadband is around 315.3 Mbps. Budapest offers big-city life cheap; public healthcare underfunded.
What does $3,000/month get you in Hungary?: Single-person essentials run about $1,094/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.7× essentials).