Fast food price insights
What the drive-thru really costs: prices from 135 fast food restaurants in Hungary across 2 chains, checked 2026-10-04. Every figure below compares each restaurant's own pickup price from the brand's ordering app, so the numbers are what you would actually pay at the window.
Data as of . Updated daily. Prices are in Hungarian forint.
Key findings
- KFC has the biggest price gap between locations: its priciest restaurant charges 14% more than its cheapest for the same basket. Pizza Hut has the smallest gap, 5%.
- Budapest, BU is the biggest cluster of bargain fast food in Hungary: 47 of its 50 restaurants rank in their brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- A KFC Zinger costs anywhere from 2,290 Ft to 2,790 Ft across 106 restaurants in Hungary; the typical price is 2,290 Ft.
- KFC charges about the same in every county: no county's typical basket is even 1% dearer than another's.
- A Pizza Hut Margherita costs anywhere from 3,495 Ft to 3,695 Ft across 29 restaurants in Hungary; the typical price is 3,495 Ft.
- Pizza Hut charges about the same in every county: no county's typical basket is even 1% dearer than another's.
- For KFC, Budapest, BU has the most bargain restaurants: 31 of 34 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- For Pizza Hut, Budapest, BU has the most bargain restaurants: 16 of 16 are in the brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
Cheapest to most expensive counties
Each county's Drive Thru Index score averages every brand's typical basket there against that brand's own national typical price, so 100 is the national norm, 90 is 10% cheaper and 120 is 20% pricier. Brands are never compared with each other.
| Rank | County | Index | vs national | Brands | Restaurants compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budapest | 100 | +0% | 2 | 50 |
Bargain clusters
Where cheap fast food clusters: the places with the most restaurants whose basket ranks in their own brand's cheapest fifth nationally. Each brand is judged against itself, never against another brand's prices.
| City, all brands | Bargain restaurants | Restaurants compared | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest, BU | 47 | 50 | 94% |
| Győr, GS | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Miskolc, BZ | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Szeged, CS | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Budaörs, PE | 4 | 5 | 80% |
| Brand | Top bargain cities | Top bargain counties |
|---|---|---|
| KFC | Budapest, BU (31 of 34) | BU (31 of 34), PE (16 of 19) |
| Pizza Hut | Budapest, BU (16 of 16) | BU (16 of 16) |
By brand
| Brand | Restaurants | Item | Typical price | Range | Cheapest county | Priciest county | Gap between locations | Delivery vs pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFC | 106 | Zinger | 2,290 Ft | 2,290 Ft to 2,790 Ft | Fejér | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 14% | — |
| Pizza Hut | 29 | Margherita | 3,495 Ft | 3,495 Ft to 3,695 Ft | Budapest | Budapest | 5% | — |
Questions people ask
- How much does a KFC Zinger cost in Hungary?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Zinger costs 2,290 Ft to 2,790 Ft at 106 KFC restaurants, with a typical price of 2,290 Ft.
- How much does a Pizza Hut Margherita cost in Hungary?
- As of 2026-10-04, a Margherita costs 3,495 Ft to 3,695 Ft at 29 Pizza Hut restaurants, with a typical price of 3,495 Ft.
How the index works
Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, using the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup and delivery price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items that every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells, so a comparison is never skewed by a missing item. Restaurants with a limited menu, and prices that are clearly a menu code error, are left out of comparisons. "Typical" means the median restaurant.
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Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com), prices checked 2026-10-04. Journalists are welcome to quote any figure on this page.