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BucharestCost of Living and Rent in Bucharest
Bucharest · City-centre one-bedroom rent: RON 3,223 / month. Outside the centre: RON 2,146 / month.
Latest data date:1-bedroom rent (centre)
RON 3,223City rents are listed separatelyLiving costs
No dataOne person · excluding rentFuel (1 L)
RON 9.98Country reference priceiPhone affordability
36.3 daysWorking days at country salaryOverview
Bucharest · City-centre one-bedroom rent: RON 3,223 / month. Outside the centre: RON 2,146 / month. Consider salary, rent, everyday costs and product prices together with their scope. Sources and verification dates appear in the data section below.
18,800,605Country population 2026
2Cities in the dataset
RON (RON )Currency
Purchasing Power Overview
Sourced expenses as a share of monthly net salary. This is not a quality-of-life score.
Essential Expenses
Monthly living expenses and fuel per litre. Note the different units.
City-centre rentRON 3,223
Rent outside the centreRON 2,146
Product Prices & Purchasing Power
Country prices and working time at the average net salary.
Apple iPhone 18 Pro 256GBRON 7,699.99 RON36.3 working daysSame modelMilk · 1 litreRON 7.20 RON< 0.1 working daysBenchmark / proxyApple MacBook Air 13-inch M5 / 16 GB / 512 GBRON 7,099.90 RON33.5 working daysSame modelNike running shoes (mid-range) · benchmarkRON 378.18 RON1.8 working daysBenchmark / proxy
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Sources and methodology
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Sourced data details
City centre one-bedroom · monthly
RON 3,2232026-09-17
Rent sourceOutside-centre one-bedroom · monthly
RON 2,1462026-09-17
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What do the data show?
Bucharest, Romania: monthly city-centre one-bedroom rent RON 3,223; outside the centre RON 2,146. Country salaries are not substituted for missing verified city salaries. Rent source
Latest source-data date: . Each metric retains its own date and scope.