Bucharest vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$474	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	77	46
😀 Quality of life	79	60
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.47M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 29% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5565th and 6596th ($988 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Romania and Russia, respectively. Check Romania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 645th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Yekaterinburg

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	Bucharest	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658