Romania vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Romania Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$935
$628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2337
$1520
🏠 One person rent
$439
$297
🏘️ Family rent
$734
$491
🍽️ Food expenses
$352
$224
🚐 Transport expenses
$45.2
$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1100
$432
💸 GDP per capita
$20072
$5389
😃 Human freedom index
8.03
5.84
❤️ Life expectancy
76.6
73.4
👮 Corruption perceptions index
46
35
🌐 English speaking %
31%
51%
🎓 Higher education
72
66
😀 Quality of life
68
49
🏙️ Population
19.1M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Romania ($935) is 49% more expensive than in Ukraine ($628). Romania ranked 103rd vs 159th for Ukraine in the list of the most expensive countries in the world.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Romania compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 54th and 89th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Romania vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Romania and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 47 and 34 cities, respectively. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Romania Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$10.8
$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$47.3
$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.74
$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.7
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$2.9
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.09
$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$434
$321
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$308
$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$820
$620
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$564
$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$96.3
$56.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$148
$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$9.45
$6.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
7.11%
17.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2605
$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1754
$854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.85
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$23
$12.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$6.78
$5.05
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.61
$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.55
$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.17
$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.58
$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.22
$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.75
$8.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.66
$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11
$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.23
$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.23
$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.92
$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.54
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.84
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.78
$4.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack
$6.05
$2.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$7.86
$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.26
$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.59
$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.72
$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$44
$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7.68
$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$43
$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple
$7.48
$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$69.2
$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$82.5
$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$534
$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9286
$4796

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Cost of Living in Popular cities

In Romania

City Cost of living Population
Bucharest
$1116
1.72M
Cluj-Napoca
$1193
287K
Timisoara
$971
251K
Craiova
$909
234K
Iasi
$964
272K
Brasov
$1056
238K
Constanta
$1103
264K
Galati
$895
218K
Ploiesti
$885
181K
Oradea
$839
183K
Braila
$871
155K
Sibiu
$805
134K
Bacau
$724
136K
Pitesti
$873
141K
Arad
$708
145K
Targu Mures
$749
116K
Piatra Neamt
$711
79.7K
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
$699
79.9K
Suceava
$830
120K
Buzau
$857
103K
Botosani
$815
90K
Baia Mare
$714
109K
Ramnicu Valcea
$835
93.2K
Targu Jiu
$832
73.5K
Bistrita
$703
78.9K
Satu Mare
$754
91.5K
Alba Iulia
$760
64.2K
Targoviste
$802
67K
Tulcea
$854
65.6K
Vaslui
$804
63K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$879
2.95M
Kharkiv
$510
1.42M
Odesa
$624
1.01M
Dnipro
$790
969K
Donetsk
$516
902K
Lviv
$762
717K
Zaporizhia
$501
710K
Mykolaiv
$516
470K
Kryvyi Rih
$503
604K
Luhansk
$732
418K
Vinnytsia
$603
370K
Makiivka
$534
343K
Chernihiv
$516
287K
Poltava
$479
283K
Cherkasy
$498
270K
Khmelnytskyi
$535
274K
Sumy
$496
266K
Chernivtsi
$545
265K
Horlivka
$650
257K
Kamianske
$656
227K
Mariupol
$539
250K
Zhytomyr
$586
262K
Kherson
$420
279K
Rivne
$439
245K
Bila Tserkva
$497
209K
Ternopil
$465
225K
Kremenchuk
$440
215K
Kropyvnytskyi
$616
220K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$482
238K
Lutsk
$546
216K