Bucharest vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$2224
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$5181
🏠 One person rent	$535	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$2236
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$641
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$3821
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	56
😀 Quality of life	84	87
🏙️ Population	1.72M	950K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 49% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 4935th and 1439th ($1138 vs $2224) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1197th in Romania and the United States, respectively. Check Romania vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Jacksonville ranked 106th in the United States, while ranked 508th and 343rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bucharest/jacksonville.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bucharest vs Jacksonville infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bucharest/jacksonville" target="_blank">Bucharest vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bucharest vs Jacksonville

Prices for goods and services in Bucharest and Jacksonville are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bucharest	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$1441
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1035
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$2481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$1839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$64.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$2629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$2143
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$65.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$4.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$4.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$8.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$1311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$11934

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2214
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2204
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2130
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2152
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2133
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2365
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2160
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2234
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1979
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2237
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2292
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2290
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2362
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2285
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2330
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1503
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2130
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2288
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2320
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2356
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2333
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2364
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2352
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2325
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2381
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2359
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2352
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2313
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2450
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2491
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2234
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2095
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2293
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2610
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2613
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2232
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2278
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2146
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1860