Cost of Living in
Romania

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$934	$2151
Without rent	$536	$1693
Rent & Utilities	$396.3	$752.88
Food	$339	$1027
Transport	$38.29	$123.5
Monthly salary after tax	$974.48
Human freedom index	8.94
Life expectancy	92.96
English speaking %	32.67%
Population	19.5M

The cost of living in Romania is $934, which is 1.12 times less expensive than the world average. Romania is ranked 100th out of 208 countries by cost of living .

The average salary after taxes in Romania is $974.48, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months.

Romania

We calculate prices for Romania as a population-weighted mean of 191 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$934	100 / 208
Without rent	$536	86 / 208
Rent & Utilities	$396.3	106 / 208
Food	$339	88 / 208
Transport	$38.29	169 / 208

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	364.27$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	224.72$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	755.74$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	492.45$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	99.69$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	141.6$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	9.08$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.78$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	2538$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1554$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	10.05$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	45.04$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	7.51$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	2.2$
Cappuccino	2.21$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	2.01$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.56$
Monthly ticket local transport	17.41$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	5.16$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	1.74$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.81$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	1.1$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.62$
Eggs, x12	2.75$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	9.65$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	6.7$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	9.19$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.16$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.69$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.42$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.55$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.02$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.78$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.51$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.91$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	6.61$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.11$
Cigarette pack	4.96$
Cold medicince, 1 week	8.07$
Hair Shampoo	3.61$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	1.56$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	2.11$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	43.14$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	8.47$
Doctor's visit	39.53$
Haircut, simple	7.01$
Brand Jeans	65.71$
Brand Sneakers	66.05$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	446.13$
International Primary School, 1 year	7809$

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living in Cities by population

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Mamaia	$1111
2	Iasi	$1015
3	Cluj-Napoca	$993
4	Voluntari	$975
5	Bihor	$971
6	Timisoara	$970
7	Bucharest	$962
8	Timis	$930
9	Vrancea	$922
10	Oradea	$903
11	Oltenia	$864
12	Deva	$836
13	Slobozia (Romania)	$834
14	Buzau	$818
15	Ploiesti	$813
16	Turda	$809
17	Neamt	$778
18	Covasna	$773
19	Vulcan	$771
20	Tulcea	$765
21	Alexandria (Romania)	$765
22	Nasaud	$762
23	Sfantu Gheorghe	$761
24	Vaslui	$758
25	Pitesti	$756
26	Dacia	$756
27	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$754
28	Galati	$753
29	Hunedoara	$750
30	Roman	$743
31	Resita	$741
32	Ilfov	$738
33	Teleorman	$736
34	Maramures	$735
35	Floresti (Romania)	$732
36	Prahova	$729
37	Bistrita	$728
38	Olt	$727
39	Cajvana	$710
40	Constanta	$709
41	Dolj	$708
42	Sibiu	$707
43	Cluj	$707
44	Craiova	$700
45	Gorj	$698
46	Salaj	$692
47	Dambovita	$691
48	Satu Mare	$687
49	Mures	$682
50	Harghita	$682
51	Arges	$678
52	Calarasi	$671
53	Targu Jiu	$669
54	Giurgiu	$662
55	Zalau	$660
56	Focsani	$659
57	Transylvania	$659
58	Targu Mures	$657
59	Targoviste	$646
60	Bacau	$643
61	Brasov	$630
62	Bistrita-Nasaud	$628
63	Ialomita	$625
64	Baia Mare	$618
65	Barlad	$616
66	Calarasi (Romania)	$611
67	Simeria	$610
68	Piatra Neamt	$586
69	Ramnicu Valcea	$585
70	Suceava	$583
71	Slatina	$582
72	Corabia	$571
73	Braila	$570
74	Caras-Severin	$561
75	Hateg	$553
76	Botosani	$549
77	Arad	$544
78	Mehedinti	$536
79	Valcea	$534
80	Medias	$491
81	Alba Iulia	$487
82	Monaco	$7654
83	Santa Barbara Province	$3469
84	Singapore	$3385
85	Neuchatel	$3164
86	Ile-de-France	$2736
87	Zurich	$2715
88	California	$2710
89	Queretaro	$2187
90	United States	$2149
91	Baden-Wurttemberg	$2044
92	Aland	$2038
93	Ostergotland	$1978
94	Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur	$1921
95	Hoki	$1897
96	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes	$1891
97	Liege	$1878
98	Plzen	$1831
99	South Pyongan	$1816
100	Hokkaido	$1802
101	Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro	$1703
102	Nampo	$1690
103	Jonkoping	$1661
104	Rikuchu	$1633
105	Sancti Spiritus	$1578
106	Caceres	$1564
107	Holguin	$1508
108	Usti nad Labem	$1462
109	Cadiz	$1459
110	Orebro	$1456
111	Kavala	$1444
112	Limon	$1428
113	Al Bahah	$1394
114	Colon (Panama)	$1391
115	Zlin	$1388
116	Vastmanland	$1381
117	Omi	$1355
118	Tacuarembo	$1343
119	Siauliai County	$1329
120	Ahuachapan	$1327
121	Shimosa	$1324
122	Ciego de Avila	$1316
123	Tokai	$1300
124	Xanthi	$1280
125	Dembeni	$1275
126	Panama	$1271
127	Bayamon	$1269
128	Paysandu	$1264
129	Usulutan	$1259
130	Zilina	$1252
131	Hyuga	$1251
132	Guantanamo	$1238
133	Panama	$1234
134	Ioannina	$1231
135	Igdir	$1230
136	Panama Oeste	$1230
137	San-Pedro	$1203
138	Klaipeda	$1201
139	Tillaberi	$1200
140	Etchu	$1194
141	Vlore	$1194
142	Constanta	$1189
143	Kai	$1170
144	Pinar del Rio	$1161
145	Riga Planning Region	$1154
146	Camaguey	$1149
147	San Pedro de Macoris	$1138
148	Lodz	$1132
149	Chania	$1130
150	Causeni	$1128
151	Presov	$1128
152	Calarasi (Moldova)	$1117
153	Kermanshah	$1116
154	Franche-Comte	$1113
155	Yoro	$1112
156	Tekirdag	$1111
157	Zambezia	$1107
158	Bahia	$1102
159	Setubal	$1097
160	Drama	$1085
161	Kastoria	$1081
162	Suo	$1080
163	Balikesir	$1075
164	Thies	$1074
165	Trencin	$1063
166	Serres	$1060
167	Dubasari	$1050
168	Rethymno	$1045
169	Equateur	$1036
170	Espirito Santo	$1034
171	Suchitepequez	$1030
172	Haut-Uele	$1027
173	Gabu	$1019
174	Straseni	$1015
175	Brasov	$1014
176	Goias	$1013
177	Boke	$1007
178	Mexico	$1007
179	Totomi	$995
180	Siauliai	$994
181	Colon (Cuba)	$992
182	Banska Bystrica	$983
183	Panevezys	$969
184	Iasi	$963
185	Sao Paulo	$961
186	Kozuke	$956
187	Klaipeda County	$952
188	Izmir	$949
189	Osumi	$945
190	Kutahya	$934
191	Quilpue	$930
192	Hradec Kralove	$929
193	Kasai	$920
194	Kasai-Oriental	$919
195	Gueckedou	$918
196	Michoacan	$908
197	Eskisehir	$906
198	Extreme-Nord	$900
199	Solola	$897
200	Timis	$890
201	Bafata	$878
202	Kahramanmaras	$878
203	Usak	$877
204	Guatemala	$876
205	Uige	$872
206	Dien Bien	$871
207	Estado de Mexico	$864
208	Yucatan	$864
209	Durres	$856
210	Guaira	$856
211	Municipality of Chisinau	$854
212	Diyarbakir	$850
213	Cotui	$846
214	Ceara	$845
215	Francisco Morazan	$845
216	Botosani	$841
217	Esteli	$838
218	Buzau	$834
219	Botosani	$829
220	Forecariah	$826
221	Kirikkale	$816
222	Maan	$816
223	San Luis Potosi	$814
224	Boyaca	$812
225	Tucuman	$812
226	Caras-Severin	$810
227	Neuquen	$806
228	Bekes	$799
229	Hoki Province	$787
230	Adiyaman	$779
231	Arges	$779
232	Neamt	$777
233	Raska	$771
234	Atlantico	$768
235	Marijampole	$762
236	Para	$756
237	Gyor-Moson-Sopron	$755
238	Ialomita	$751
239	Veszprem	$751
240	Wasit	$751
241	Huila	$747
242	Sirvan	$747
243	Canakkale	$743
244	Aydin	$733
245	Elazig	$730
246	Chisinau	$726
247	Nuevo Leon	$720
248	Shkoder	$718
249	Korce	$710
250	Khuzestan	$708
251	Copiapo	$705
252	Bazega	$694
253	Curico	$692
254	Hamadan	$689
255	Mures	$683
256	Passore	$680
257	Braila	$675
258	Oueme	$671
259	Bistrita-Nasaud	$669
260	Iasi	$668
261	Djibouti	$666
262	Rezekne	$664
263	Laayoune	$660
264	Nghe An	$657
265	Awash	$655
266	Elazig	$650
267	Leon (Nicaragua)	$648
268	Gilan	$644
269	Meknes	$634
270	Mures	$633
271	Khenifra	$631
272	Tuyen Quang	$628
273	Bacau	$624
274	Paraguari	$622
275	Caras-Severin	$620
276	Piaui	$620
277	Binh Phuoc	$612
278	Osh	$608
279	Chuy Province	$607
280	Vinh Long	$607
281	Anse-a-Veau	$604
282	Dambovita	$604
283	Medias	$602
284	Koulpelogo	$595
285	Anosy	$594
286	Rio San Juan	$590
287	Bac Lieu	$587
288	Ninh Thuan	$585
289	Setif	$582
290	Duzce	$573
291	Ain Beida	$572
292	North Ossetia-Alania	$572
293	Agri	$569
294	Maramures	$569
295	Al Mahwit	$568
296	Hau Giang	$567
297	Dak Lak	$566
298	Al Hoceima	$562
299	Nis	$561
300	Sidi Bel Abbes	$553
301	Cadiz	$542
302	Valcea	$542
303	Kelaat Sraghna	$539
304	Bac Giang	$536
305	Soc Trang	$535
306	Miragoane	$533
307	Bechar	$531
308	Menaka	$525
309	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	$522
310	Karbala	$522
311	Lere	$516
312	Stavropol	$514
313	Yen Bai	$513
314	Kirklareli	$512
315	Hajjah	$507
316	Son La	$502
317	San Andres	$500
318	Inezgane-Ait Melloul	$498
319	Sadah	$495
320	Dhaka	$489
321	Sale	$489
322	Corum	$484
323	Concepcion (Paraguay)	$482
324	Binh Dinh	$480
325	Oulmes	$480
326	Caaguazu	$478
327	Arta	$476
328	Dong Nai	$473
329	Lang Son	$470
330	Salar	$470
331	Kenitra	$467
332	Quang Tri	$466
333	Ayni	$465
334	Dong Thap	$463
335	Narino	$462
336	Maharashtra	$461
337	Quang Ninh	$453
338	Nam Dinh	$448
339	Ain Temouchent	$444
340	Thanh Hoa	$444
341	Sanaa	$443
342	MSila	$441
343	Binh Duong	$438
344	Homs	$436
345	Khemisset	$435
346	Medenine	$433
347	Ca Mau	$431
348	Kebili	$431
349	Thua Thien Hue	$431
350	Beni Mellal-Khenifra	$429
351	Ain Defla	$426
352	Mazandaran	$426
353	Binh Thuan	$424
354	Tamba	$423
355	Jaen (Peru)	$422
356	Tetouan	$414
357	Al Bayda	$412
358	Ysyk-Kol	$411
359	Tebessa	$409
360	Bejaia	$405
361	Misratah	$399
362	Baghlan	$398
363	El Kelaa des Sraghna	$398
364	Daharia	$393
365	Al Bayda	$390
366	San Joaquin	$389
367	Tay Ninh	$389
368	Bordj Bou Arreridj	$384
369	Kien Giang	$381
370	Saida	$381
371	Gabes	$377
372	Kosice	$372
373	Sabha	$365
374	Bihar	$363
375	Kien Giang	$363
376	Quang Nam	$363
377	Samana	$360
378	Medea	$333
379	Ben Tre	$324
380	Naama	$302