Bucharest vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$1065
🏠 One person rent	$525	$159
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$272
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$164
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$321
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	77	78
😀 Quality of life	81	65
🏙️ Population	1.72M	6.6M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 155% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 4913th and 8898th ($1116 vs $437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Romania and India, respectively. Check Romania vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.7 months in Chennai. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Chennai ranked 5th in India, while ranked 646th and 5272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Chennai

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	Bucharest	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$2.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$3.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$108
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$313
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$194
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$29.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$44.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$8.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	9.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$1914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$746
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$11.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$0.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$6.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$9.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$0.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$2.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$31.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$25.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$50.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$70.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$1729

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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

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286