Bucharest vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$535	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$3437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	78	77
😀 Quality of life	84	86
🏙️ Population	1.72M	936K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 54% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 4935th and 911th ($1138 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Romania and Israel, respectively. Check Romania vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 508th and 410th 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/jerusalem.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bucharest vs Jerusalem infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bucharest/jerusalem" target="_blank">Bucharest vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bucharest vs Jerusalem

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

	Bucharest	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$27069

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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761