Bucharest vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$2106
🏠 One person rent	$525	$453
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$45.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$280
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	77	46
😀 Quality of life	81	56
🏙️ Population	1.72M	2.96M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 32% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4913th and 6476th ($1116 vs $844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Romania and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Romania vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.3 months in Tashkent. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 646th and 6210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Tashkent

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	Bucharest	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$33.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$591
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$1092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	22.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$9.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$9729

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$754
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$620
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$525
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$603
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$650
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$600
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$658
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$562
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$648
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$680
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$674
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$445
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$468
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$451
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$475
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$712
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$615
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$512
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$433
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$743
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$501
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$428
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$613
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$573
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$432
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$651
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$787