Cost of Living in Provița de Jos, 🇷🇴 Romania - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated 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 3 4 5 2 30 $404 $314 $550 $221 $57

Utilities 23 24 4 — $117 $170 $54 —

Internet & Mobile 8 9 10 $15 $13 $23 $13 $0

Groceries 11 $76 $126 $419 $105 $2

Transportation 6 7 12 $55 $48 $115 $45 $6

Dining Out 31 16 $371 $111 $245 $56 $28

Leisure Activities 18 21 26 $47 $40 $78 $39 $7

Health Insurance 13 29 $63 $31 $121 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 14 15 $28 $28 $56 — —

Total $1,059 $828 $1,777 $533 $102

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 3 4 5 $221.44 $206 – $295 per month

Coworking Space 17 $267.16 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 5 4 $336.75 $314 – $393 per month

Coliving Space 4 5 $269.40 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 22 $2.72 per cup

Beer 11 16 $2.60 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 31 $9.28 per meal

Fast Food Combo 16 $7.13 per meal

Apples 11 $0.71 per kg

Bread 11 $0.84 per loaf

Milk 11 $1.62 per liter

Rice 11 $2.11 per kg

Chicken Fillets 11 $6.32 per kg

Beef 11 $11.81 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 11 $6.32 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 16 $66.90 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 11 $0.41 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 6 $0.53 per trip

Taxi per km 6 $0.53 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 7 $29.53 per month

Gasoline 12 25 $2.14 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 6 $3.16 per trip

Scooter Rental 20 $60.61 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 10 8 $3.37 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 9 $9.26 per month

Gym Membership 18 $31.64 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 26 $8.44 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 8 $3.37 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 21 $7.38 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 16 $78.90 per pair

Summer Dress 27 $28.05 per dress

Running Shoes 16 $118.00 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 16 $2.74 per visit

Laundry 28 $1.90 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 19 $23.20 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 16 $7.28 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 31, 2026
Last changed: None yet
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 4.7417 RON on Oct 19, 2026

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Compared with Bucharest, Sibiu, Hanoi, Berlin

Change history

Nov 1, 2026

Added

fix pass continued — Beer, Wine (Mid-range), Monthly Transport Pass, Summer Dress, Utilities (local), Internet & Mobile (family), Transportation (local, nomad, expat, family and tourist), Laundry, Doctor Visit (GP), Airbnb (1 month) and Apartment (1 bedroom) re-based on their cited inputs (Kaufland shelf prices, Translocal two-week pass, C&A dress prices, Washeria self-service band, live Storia and Publi24 listings); a dead Câmpina furnished listing was replaced with a live one, borrowed prices labelled on their lines, and Summer Dress moved to shop prices

Provița de Jos cost of living