Bucharest vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bucharest	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$961	$3427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$7903
🏠 One person rent	$449	$2366
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$4375
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$686
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1072	$5439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	76	87
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.39M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 72% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 5593rd and 26th ($961 vs $3427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 23rd 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 1.1 months in Bucharest compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs San Diego ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 703rd and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bucharest vs San Diego infographic

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/san-diego.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bucharest vs San Diego infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bucharest/san-diego" target="_blank">Bucharest vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bucharest vs San Diego

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

	Bucharest	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.66	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$85.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$8.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$464	$2498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$2064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$863	$4740
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$3919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.75	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.17%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2654	$11408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1649	$8035
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$71.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.86	$22.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.05	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.03	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.39	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$16.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.19	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$4.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.54	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.9	$129
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$61.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$95.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$1701
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9569	$18429

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	$846
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$817
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$868
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$619
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$702
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$681
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$758
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$701
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$739
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$758
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$610
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$611
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$928
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$654
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$595
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$719
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$646
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$639
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$813
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$495
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$743
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$851
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$898
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$962
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$563
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$800
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$641
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$746
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$702
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$730
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$561
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$508
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$865
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$670
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$661
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$678

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606