Bucharest vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$474	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	77	54
😀 Quality of life	79	60
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.26M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 35% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5565th and 6742nd ($988 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 21st in Romania and Russia, respectively. Check Romania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 645th and 5162nd 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	$10.5	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867