Bucharest vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$525	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$236
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	77	5
😀 Quality of life	81	42
🏙️ Population	1.72M	115K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 166% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4913th and 8940th ($1116 vs $420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Romania and Bhutan, respectively. Check Romania vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 646th and 7547th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bucharest	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$17.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$17.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$26.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$1.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$1.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$43.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$653

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$450
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$308
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$311
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$918
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$316
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$298
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$348
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$321
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$338
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$297
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$981
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$284
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$287
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$297
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$282
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$281
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$321
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$293
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$294
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$427
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$464
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$362
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$348
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$328
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$300
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$286
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$320
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$289
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$286
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$289