Hungary catches up with Western Europe: at least when it comes to tobacco prices

According to the latest statistics, a pack of cigarettes costs 1,195 Forints in Hungary, Pénzcentrum.hu reports. In the region, only Austria and Slovenia have more expensive tobacco, so as far as these prices are concerned, Hungary joined the leading Western European countries.

Numbeo analysed the price of tobacco in 91 countries, and according to the August 2018 data, cigarettes are the most expensive in Australia and New Zealand and cheapest in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Hungary ranked 38^th on the list with an average price of 1,195 Forints.

West and East

In our neighbouring EU countries cigarette is more expensive only to the west: it is about 1,620 Forints in Austria and 1,299 in Slovenia. On the other hand, in Romania, Slovakia and Croatia tobacco is cheaper, although the difference is not outstanding.

But if we look at Serbia or especially Ukraine, there is a significant difference. In the former country we can save about 400 Forints, but

in Ukraine you can buy four packs of cigarette for the price of one pack in Hungary.

Take a flight

However, it is not worth getting behind the wheel immediately and driving to Ukraine for the cheaper cigarettes. The National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary has an official custom-free limit, and this limit is quite low.