Revealed: These are the best places to live in Hungary in 2024!
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Budapest, Debrecen, and the area around Pannonhalma have been ranked as the best places to live in Hungary in 2024, according to the latest livability report from MBH Jelzálogbank. The findings show that the competition is tight, especially outside the capital, with minimal differences in scores among the top-ranking areas.
The best places to live in Hungary this year
The report, released on Thursday, assesses 174 districts across Hungary, including Budapest, and takes into account factors such as education, healthcare, culture, crime rates, job opportunities, shopping options, and housing affordability to evaluate how these aspects influence the housing market, mfor.hu reports.
In terms of education, the top performers on the list of the best places to live in Hungary are Budapest and regions in the western and southern parts of the country. Healthcare scores are particularly high in southern districts, while job opportunities vary significantly across the country.
Budapest in the top spot
As in previous years, Budapest retains the top spot in the livability rankings, followed by the Debrecen district. In third place is the Pannonhalma district, with Budakeszi rising to fourth, having placed seventh last year. Other top performers include Pilisvörösvár, Bácsalmás, Dunakeszi, and Veszprém. Notably, the Kisbér and Érd districts, which dropped out last year, have re-entered the top ten. While Budapest remains an outlier with the highest overall score, the differences among the other leading districts are marginal—Debrecen, for example, edged out Érd by fewer than four points.
Győr ranked 11th this year, followed by Pécs in 13th and Szeged in 14th.
The analysis highlights that districts in the northeastern regions tend to score the lowest, while higher-scoring districts are concentrated in the south, around the capital, and in northwestern Hungary.
Education, healthcare, culture and job opportunities
Education-wise, Budapest leads, followed by western and southern regions, while large cities in the northern and eastern areas also received high scores. In healthcare, the top three spots remain unchanged from last year: Budapest ranks first, followed by Pécs and Gyula. Overall, southern districts have the highest healthcare scores. When it comes to culture, Budapest, Debrecen, Szeged, and Pécs are cultural hotspots, with areas around Lake Balaton also ranking highly. Job opportunities show stark regional differences, with northwestern Hungary and Budapest far outperforming the southern and eastern parts of the country.