Bucharest vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$474	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	77	19
😀 Quality of life	79	38
🏙️ Population	1.72M	7.01M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 55% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 5565th and 7314th ($988 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 137th in Romania and China, respectively. Check Romania vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 645th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Zhumadian

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	Bucharest	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504