Bucharest vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$1122
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$2575
🏠 One person rent	$535	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$668
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$217
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	78	57
😀 Quality of life	84	31
🏙️ Population	1.72M	43.9K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 1% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4935th and 4985th ($1138 vs $1122) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Romania and Palestine, respectively. Check Romania vs Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Ramallah ranked 8th in Palestine, while ranked 508th and 8803rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Ramallah

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	Bucharest	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$44.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$9.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$464
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$68.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$36.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$1204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$1024
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$4.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$8.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$4.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$67.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$9.95
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$92.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$4719

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1821
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2154
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2346
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2260
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$978
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2066
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$895
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2449
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2031
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2274
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2172
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$3089
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2207
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1062
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$546
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2136
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1761