You will be surprised how much it costs monthly to work from home in Hungary!

The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to one of the most significant changes to our working lives that the world has ever seen: millions of people have left the office behind to work from home (WFH). For some, working from home was already part of their regular working routine. For many, it’s a whole new way of doing things.

Hungary relatively expensive

So, how has working from home impacted our hip pockets? How much are we spending to use our own broadband, keep our lights and heating on and make those extra cups of coffee throughout the day? Comparethemarket.com.au analysed how some of these costs could stack up throughout a month around the world. You can find their results on their website. 

According to their survey, the most expensive countries to work from home are Denmark (287 USD/month), Germany (284 USD) and the Republic of Ireland (246 USD). On the other end of the list there are Turkey (41 USD), Argentina (48 USD) and Bangladesh (57 USD). Compare the Market analysed the following factors:

• Average monthly cost of a fixed-line broadband package
• Average price of 1GB mobile data Cost of electricity per kWh
• Cost to use laptop (8 hours 0.05 kWh)
• Monthly cost to use a laptop
• Cost to use a light bulb (8 hours 0.06 kWh)
• Monthly lighting cost
• Cost to use a boiler (4 hours 24 kWh)
• Monthly heating cost
• Cost to use a kettle (10 mins 3 kWh)
• Monthly cost to use a kettle
• Monthly cost to use air conditioning