Arlington vs Bucharest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Bucharest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1138
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2971
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$931
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$84.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1467
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	78	84
🏙️ Population	394K	1.72M

The cost of living in Arlington is 68% more expensive than in Bucharest. Cities ranked 2397th and 4935th ($1907 vs $1138) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 3rd 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.3 months in Bucharest. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Bucharest ranked 1st in Romania, while ranked 894th and 508th 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	$16	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$57.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$8.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$3.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1055
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$699
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$99.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	7.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$4123
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2286
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$6.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$8.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$69.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$769
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16525

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$999
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$956
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$926
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$784
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$800
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$724
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$831
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$758
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$777
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$970
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$666
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1150
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$759
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$826
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$704
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$805
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$910
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$983
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$665
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$950
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$607
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1099
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1062
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1132
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$840
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$716
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$916
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$844
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$864
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$841
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$738
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$872
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$763
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$773
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$683
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$795