Cost of Living in Iași, 🇷🇴 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

Groceries 12 9 $75 $113 $360 $90 $6

Housing 1 9 26 $480 $452 $687 $393 $75

Utilities 18 19 9 — $115 $200 $74 —

Internet & Mobile 5 6 7 $17 $15 $21 $15 $0

Transportation 2 10 4 $52 $45 $108 $32 $7

Dining Out 9 23 $300 $100 $281 $89 $22

Leisure Activities 14 15 24 9 $85 $71 $556 $60 $15

Health Insurance 8 25 $63 $31 $121 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 20 21 $28 $28 $56 — —

Total $1,100 $970 $2,390 $753 $127

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 9 $393.00 $314 – $505 per month

Coworking Space 13 $168.72 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 9 $480.00 $393 – $561 per month

Coliving Space 1 $300.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 9 $3.05 per cup

Beer 12 $2.92 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 9 23 $11.10 per meal

Fast Food Combo 9 $7.80 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) 9 $6.67 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 9 $44.10 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 12 $0.41 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 10 11 $0.51 per trip

Taxi per km 10 11 $0.51 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 2 3 $27.42 per month

Gasoline 4 $2.14 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 10 $3.09 per trip

Scooter Rental 22 $60.61 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 5 6 $5.62 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $9.26 per month

Gym Membership 14 $52.72 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 24 $17.93 per hour

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

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 15 16 $7.38 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 9 $76.10 per pair

Summer Dress $32.17 per dress

Running Shoes 9 $91.10 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 9 $7.27 per visit

Laundry — per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 17 $67.49 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 9 $10.40 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, Bacău, Hanoi

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1087.78 480
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 555.22 393
- Apples 1.25 0.71
- Beef 13.14 11.81
- Beer 3.17 2.92
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- Bread 1.36 0.84
- Chicken Fillets 7.25 6.32
- Cinema Ticket 7.93 7.38
- Coffee 3.74 3.05
- Coliving Space 657.2 300
- Coworking Space 192.63 168.72
- Dining Out local 90.65, nomad 793.17, expat 317.27, family 498.57, tourist 40.79 local 88.8, nomad 300.2, expat 99.9, family 281.1, tourist 21.95
- Doctor Visit (GP) 45.32 67.49
- Fast Food Combo 8.61 7.8
- Gasoline 1.78 2.14
- Groceries local 203.96, nomad 101.98, expat 271.95, family 725.19, tourist 9.06 local 90, nomad 75, expat 112.5, family 360, tourist 5.5
- Gym Membership 47.59 52.72
- Haircut 18.13 7.27
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 67.99, expat 56.66, family 181.3 local 0, nomad 62.72, expat 31.42, family 121.48, tourist 2.09
- Housing local 362.59, nomad 861.16, expat 498.57, family 1019.79, tourist 79.32 local 393, nomad 480, expat 452, family 687, tourist 75
- Internet & Mobile local 11.33, nomad 40.79, expat 15.86, family 33.99, tourist 3.4 local 14.88, nomad 17.12, family 20.5, tourist 0.34
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 11.33 9.26
- Jeans 72.52 76.1
- Laundry 14.73 not set
- Leisure Activities local 45.32, nomad 271.95, expat 135.97, family 339.93, tourist 15.86 local 60.1, nomad 85.41, expat 70.65, family 555.96, tourist 14.76
- Meal (Inexpensive) 10.2 11.1
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 49.86 44.1
- Milk 1.7 1.62
- Mobile Plan 10.2 5.62
- Monthly Transport Pass 24.93 27.42
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.52 10.4
- Rice 1.86 2.11
- Ride-hailing (5km) 5.67 3.09
- Running Shoes 95.18 91.1
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6.8 3.37
- Scooter Rental 10.2 60.61
- Summer Dress 43.06 32.17
- Taxi Start 1.02 0.51
- Taxi per km 1.02 0.51
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 19.26 17.93
- Transportation local 24.93, nomad 79.32, expat 56.66, family 192.63, tourist 13.6 local 32.06, nomad 52.14, expat 44.93, family 107.99, tourist 7
- Utilities local 124.64, nomad 0, expat 169.97, family 271.95, tourist 0 local 74, nomad 0, expat 115, family 200, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 33.99, family 67.99 local 0, nomad 28.06, expat 28.06, family 56.12
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.86 0.41
- Wine (Mid-range) 9.06 6.67
fix pass — Tennis Court (Weekend) moved to the Booksport Iași evening average of 85 lei/hour, the Cinema Ticket Tuesday promo citation corrected to the 21.9 lei the page shows, and Summer Dress returned to its unverified previous value while Laundry was withdrawn, since the pages cited for them never showed those prices (booksport.ro, iasi.iuliusmall.com).

Iași cost of living