Bucharest vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$3378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$7707
🏠 One person rent	$535	$2168
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$3725
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$257
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$4258
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	78	99
😀 Quality of life	84	93
🏙️ Population	1.72M	3.9M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 66% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4935th and 72nd ($1138 vs $3378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 52nd 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 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 508th and 55th 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/los-angeles.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bucharest vs Los Angeles infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bucharest/los-angeles" target="_blank">Bucharest vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bucharest vs Los Angeles

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

	Bucharest	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$91
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$8.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$6.48
🥤 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	$2352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$4129
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$214
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	6.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$7811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$7110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$4.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$7.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$5.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$144
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$32.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$1715
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$28004

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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2850
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2749
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2976
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2993
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2810
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3159
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3086
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2769
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2820
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3695
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3020
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2912
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2835
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2850
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3020
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3768
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3328
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2698
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2880
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3157
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2894
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2842
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2770
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3051
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2847
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3193
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3019
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2702
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2688
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3588
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2815
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2974