Bucharest vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$474	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$971
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	77	29
😀 Quality of life	79	44
🏙️ Population	1.72M	6.17M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 31% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 5565th and 6647th ($988 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 39th in Romania and China, respectively. Check Romania vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 645th and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Maoming

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	Bucharest	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$17434

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936