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Europe
Budapest
Hungary
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Budapest compare to Seoul?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Budapest is 3% worse off vs in Seoul
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Budapest compared to Seoul, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$28,282
-$16,095 (-36%) vs Seoul
Tax Rate: 34%
Weather
How does the weather in Budapest compare to Seoul?
Budapest has better overall weather
4.3/10(vs 3.6/10 in Seoul)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
16°C(vs 16°C in Seoul)
Average Low
6°C(vs 9°C in Seoul)
Sunshine Hours
1,988h/yr-78h/yr
Average High in hottest month
27°C(vs 29°C in Seoul)
Average Low in coldest month
-3°C(vs -6°C in Seoul)
Rainy Days
70/yr-14/yr(-16%)
Muggy Days
7/yr-57/yr(-90%)
Cloud Cover
50%(vs 41% in Seoul)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Budapest compare to Seoul?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Budapest compared to Seoul?
SWE Affordability
10.9 years
20.3 years quicker than Seoul
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 Seoul.
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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