Cost of Living in Cluj-Napoca, 🇷🇴 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 22 $674 $617 $786 $617 $84

Utilities 24 11 — $128 $154 $101 —

Internet & Mobile 5 6 7 $15 $15 $20 $15 $1

Groceries 12 11 $91 $152 $486 $121 $1

Transportation 2 3 4 $86 $65 $186 $49 $7

Dining Out 11 21 $465 $281 $457 $106 $36

Leisure Activities 15 16 18 11 $91 $84 $1,798 $77 $14

Health Insurance 10 $67 — — — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 19 $28 $28 $56 — —

Total $1,517 $1,370 $3,943 $1,086 $145

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Food & Dining

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 11 $61.50 per meal

Coffee 21 $2.72 per cup

Beer 12 11 $3.16 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 11 $13.20 per meal

Fast Food Combo 21 $6.94 per meal

Apples 12 $0.71 per kg

Bread 12 $0.84 per loaf

Milk 12 $1.62 per liter

Rice 12 $2.11 per kg

Chicken Fillets 12 $6.32 per kg

Beef 12 $11.81 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 12 11 $6.32 per bottle

Water (1.5L bottle) 12 $0.44 per bottle

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 $617.38 $449 – $730 per month

Coworking Space 9 $291.85 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 $673.50 $561 – $786 per month

Coliving Space 25 $486.42 per month

Transportation

Taxi Start 3 4 $0.85 per trip

Taxi per km 3 $0.85 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 2 $44.92 per month

Gasoline 13 $2.13 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 3 4 $5.12 per trip

Scooter Rental 26 $60.61 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 5 6 $5.61 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $9.26 per month

Gym Membership 15 $69.60 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $14.24 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 5 $3.37 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 16 $7.59 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 11 $91.60 per pair

Summer Dress 11 $38.74 per dress

Running Shoes 11 $106.00 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 11 $8.05 per visit

Laundry 23 $1.05 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 14 $75.92 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 11 $6.40 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, Sofia, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1405.05 673.5
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 623.21 617.38
- Apples 1.25 0.71
- Beef 12.46 11.81
- Beer 3.4 3.16
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- Bread 1.59 0.84
- Chicken Fillets 7.71 6.32
- Cinema Ticket 9.06 7.59
- Coffee 3.63 2.72
- Coliving Space 725.19 486.42
- Coworking Space 215.29 291.85
- Dining Out local 101.98, nomad 815.84, expat 339.93, family 543.89, tourist 40.79 local 105.6, nomad 465.4, expat 281.4, family 457.2, tourist 36.06
- Doctor Visit (GP) 56.66 75.92
- Fast Food Combo 9.06 6.94
- Gasoline 1.78 2.13
- Groceries local 249.28, nomad 135.97, expat 362.59, family 861.16, tourist 10.2 local 121.48, nomad 91.11, expat 151.85, family 485.92, tourist 1.22
- Gym Membership 49.86 69.6
- Haircut 19.26 8.05
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 79.32, expat 49.86, family 169.97, tourist 3.4 local 0, nomad 67.2, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 475.9, nomad 1019.79, expat 725.19, family 1246.42, tourist 90.65 local 617.38, nomad 673.5, family 785.75, tourist 84.19
- Internet & Mobile local 12.46, nomad 56.66, expat 19.26, family 49.86, tourist 2.27 local 14.87, family 20.48, tourist 0.84
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 12.46 9.26
- Jeans 86.12 91.6
- Laundry 13.6 1.05
- Leisure Activities local 56.66, nomad 271.95, expat 181.3, family 407.92, tourist 15.86 local 77.19, nomad 91.1, expat 83.51, family 1798.35, tourist 13.91
- Meal (Inexpensive) 10.2 13.2
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 56.66 61.5
- Milk 1.93 1.62
- Mobile Plan 14.73 5.61
- Monthly Transport Pass 22.66 44.92
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 10.2 6.4
- Rice 2.04 2.11
- Ride-hailing (5km) 7.25 5.12
- Running Shoes 104.25 106
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7.93 3.37
- Scooter Rental 10.2 60.61
- Summer Dress 47.59 38.74
- Taxi Start 1.02 0.85
- Taxi per km 1.02 0.85
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 20.4 14.24
- Transportation local 18.13, nomad 79.32, expat 56.66, family 181.3, tourist 13.6 local 49.35, nomad 85.88, expat 65.4, family 185.69, tourist 6.6
- Utilities local 124.64, nomad 0, expat 169.97, family 271.95, tourist 0 local 101, nomad 0, expat 127.5, family 154, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 27.19, family 67.99 local 0, nomad 28.06, expat 28.06, family 56.13
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.91 0.44
- Wine (Mid-range) 10.2 6.32
Fix pass: Apartment (1 bedroom), Coworking Space, Fast Food Combo, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Internet (60 Mbps+), Gym Membership, Housing, Utilities, Internet & Mobile, Groceries, Transportation, Dining Out, Leisure Activities, Health Insurance, Visa & Legal Fees, Airbnb (1 month), Coliving Space, Scooter Rental, and Laundry corrected for units, package sizes, borrowed national prices, stale operator tariffs and exact totals arithmetic (xponential.ro, washeria.ro, colivingdb.com, food.bolt.eu).

Cluj-Napoca cost of living