Cost of Living in Brașov, 🇷🇴 Romania - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 31, 2026 Last changed Oct 31, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing 1 12 13 $674 $505 $1,010 $427 $84

Utilities — — — — —

Internet & Mobile 7 6 $15 $15 $20 $15 $1

Groceries 5 12 $89 $148 $474 $118 $1

Transportation 2 3 11 $70 $56 $140 $48 $7

Dining Out 12 18 $414 $155 $363 $72 $26

Leisure Activities 8 9 12 $76 $65 $932 $61 $11

Health Insurance 14 $67 — — — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 15 16 $28 $28 $56 — —

Total $1,433 $972 $2,995 $741 $132

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 $426.55 $314 – $617 per month

Coworking Space 4 $203.73 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 $673.50 $561 – $842 per month

Coliving Space $449.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 18 $2.72 per cup

Beer 12 $3.80 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 12 $11.50 per meal

Fast Food Combo 18 $6.94 per meal

Apples 5 $0.71 per kg

Bread 5 $0.84 per loaf

Milk 5 $1.62 per liter

Rice 5 $2.11 per kg

Chicken Fillets 5 $6.33 per kg

Beef 5 $11.81 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 12 $8.02 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 12 $55.00 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 5 $0.41 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 3 $0.46 per trip

Taxi per km 3 $0.46 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 2 $23.20 per month

Gasoline 11 $2.12 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 3 $2.77 per trip

Scooter Rental 17 $60.61 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 7 $5.61 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 6 $9.26 per month

Gym Membership 8 $53.88 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $14.24 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7 $3.37 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 9 $7.38 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 12 $55.20 per pair

Summer Dress $35.60 per dress

Running Shoes 12 $84.50 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 12 $7.25 per visit

Laundry — per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 10 $52.73 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 12 $6.89 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 31, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 4.7417 RON on Oct 19, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Bucharest, Sibiu, Hanoi, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1314.4 673.5
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 555.22 426.55
- Apples 1.09 0.71
- Beef 11.78 11.81
- Beer 2.72 3.8
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- Bread 1.25 0.84
- Chicken Fillets 7.25 6.33
- Cinema Ticket 7.93 7.38
- Coffee 3.29 2.72
- Coliving Space 657.2 449
- Coworking Space 192.63 203.73
- Dining Out local 90.65, nomad 634.54, expat 271.95, family 407.92, tourist 63.45 local 71.72, nomad 414, expat 155.16, family 363.44, tourist 25.72
- Doctor Visit (GP) 40.79 52.73
- Fast Food Combo 8.61 6.94
- Gasoline 1.69 2.12
- Groceries local 249.28, nomad 135.97, expat 362.59, family 861.16, tourist 9.06 local 118.49, nomad 88.87, expat 148.11, family 473.96, tourist 1.19
- Gym Membership 49.86 53.88
- Haircut 17 7.25
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 72.52, expat 45.32, family 124.64 local 0, nomad 67.2, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 396.59, nomad 951.81, expat 634.54, family 1133.11, tourist 101.98 local 426.55, nomad 673.5, expat 505.13, family 1010.25, tourist 84.19
- Internet & Mobile local 12.46, nomad 40.79, expat 17, family 40.79, tourist 3.4 local 14.87, family 20.48, tourist 0.84
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 11.33 9.26
- Jeans 77.05 55.2
- Laundry 14.73 not set
- Leisure Activities local 56.66, nomad 339.93, expat 135.97, family 271.95, tourist 27.19 local 61.26, nomad 76.24, expat 65.06, family 932, tourist 11.18
- Meal (Inexpensive) 10.2 11.5
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 47.59 55
- Milk 1.63 1.62
- Mobile Plan 10.2 5.61
- Monthly Transport Pass 21.53 23.2
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.52 6.89
- Rice 1.93 2.11
- Ride-hailing (5km) 4.99 2.77
- Running Shoes 95.18 84.5
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6.8 3.37
- Scooter Rental 10.2 60.61
- Summer Dress 44.19 35.6
- Taxi Start 1.02 0.46
- Taxi per km 0.91 0.46
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 19.26 14.24
- Transportation local 19.26, nomad 56.66, expat 79.32, family 203.96, tourist 13.6 local 48.13, nomad 70.29, expat 56.44, family 139.68, tourist 6.59
- Utilities local 124.64, nomad 0, expat 169.97, family 271.95, tourist 0 not set
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 33.99, family 67.99 local 0, nomad 28.06, expat 28.06, family 56.13
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.77 0.41
- Wine (Mid-range) 7.93 8.02
Fix pass: Housing tourist rests on Brașov 3-star nightly asks and Visa & Legal Fees on the official fee page; Tennis Court (Weekend), Summer Dress and Coliving Space keep their values without citations, and the Airbnb monthly, Hub 1317, Mega Image, municipal taxi-decision and pump-index pages that showed no Brașov price were dropped (ro-hotels.com, eviza.mae.ro)

Brașov cost of living