Bucharest vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$1619
🏠 One person rent	$496	$325
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	76	54
😀 Quality of life	78	60
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.26M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 58% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5404th and 7255th ($1036 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Romania and Russia, respectively. Check Romania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Kazan ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 642nd and 5204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Kazan

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	Bucharest	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$5.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$51.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$79.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$5.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	12.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$2473
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1732
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$5.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$6.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$4.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$8.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$87.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$4225

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$513
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$620
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$522
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$376
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$463
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$514
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$567
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$559
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$484
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$518
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$498
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$519
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$530
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$616
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$507
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$503
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$508
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$515
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$660
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$539
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$480
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$623
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$633
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$531
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$797