Arlington vs Bucharest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Bucharest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1116
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2864
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$525
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$907
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$80
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$1391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	77
😀 Quality of life	77	81
🏙️ Population	394K	1.72M

The cost of living in Arlington is 66% more expensive than in Bucharest. Cities ranked 2476th and 4913th ($1856 vs $1116) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 2nd in the United States and Romania, respectively. Check the United States vs Romania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in Bucharest. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Bucharest ranked 1st in Romania, while ranked 1375th and 646th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Bucharest

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	Arlington	Bucharest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$8.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$576
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$667
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$98.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$153
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	7.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$3651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$6.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$6.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$47.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$61.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$79.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$14350

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749