Bucharest vs Chittagong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Chittagong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$351
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$905
🏠 One person rent	$474	$98.3
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$215
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$42.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	77	45
😀 Quality of life	79	46
🏙️ Population	1.72M	2.58M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 182% more expensive than in Chittagong. Cities ranked 5565th and 9083rd ($988 vs $351) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Romania and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Romania vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.6 months in Chittagong. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Chittagong ranked 2nd in Bangladesh, while ranked 645th and 6493rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Chittagong

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	Bucharest	Chittagong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$1.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$5.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$55.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$15
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$23.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$394
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$4.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$1.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$2.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$1.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$16.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$8.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$1.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$20
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$35.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$842

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$287
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$367
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$478
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$309
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$295
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$430
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$303
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$678
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$289
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$305
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$264
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$347
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$661
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$350
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$337
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$345
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$378
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$337
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$328
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$336
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$338
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$329
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$404
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$331
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$330
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$332
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$408
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$294
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$280
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$360