Cost of Living in Timișoara, 🇷🇴 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 $427 $393 $584 $337 $90

Utilities 11 20 — $132 $160 $103 —

Internet & Mobile 5 6 7 $33 $15 $20 $15 $0

Groceries 10 11 $84 $140 $440 $105 $4

Transportation 2 4 3 9 $73 $49 $121 $40 $15

Dining Out 19 11 $330 $245 $466 $89 $40

Leisure Activities 16 15 21 23 $85 $69 $1,792 $43 $18

Health Insurance 12 25 $63 $31 $104 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 13 14 $28 $28 $56 — —

Total $1,123 $1,102 $3,743 $732 $169

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Transportation

Taxi per km 4 3 $0.82 per km

Taxi Start 4 3 $0.81 per trip

Monthly Transport Pass 2 $33.74 per month

Gasoline 9 $2.13 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 4 3 $4.92 per trip

Scooter Rental 22 $54.00 per month

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 11 $336.75 $258 – $427 per month

Coworking Space 8 $235.73 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 $426.55 $337 – $505 per month

Coliving Space 1 $314.30 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 19 11 $2.72 per cup

Beer 11 10 $2.63 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 11 $11.10 per meal

Fast Food Combo 19 11 $7.68 per meal

Apples 10 $0.71 per kg

Bread 10 $0.84 per loaf

Milk 10 $1.62 per liter

Rice 10 $2.11 per kg

Chicken Fillets 10 $6.32 per kg

Beef 10 11 $11.81 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 11 $7.80 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 11 $49.90 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 10 $0.44 per bottle

Services

Mobile Plan 5 6 $5.61 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $9.26 per month

Gym Membership 16 $33.53 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 23 $16.87 per hour

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

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 15 $9.07 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 11 $74.60 per pair

Summer Dress 11 $37.30 per dress

Running Shoes 11 $81.40 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 11 $7.99 per visit

Laundry 24 $0.63 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 17 18 $63.27 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 11 $9.37 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, Oradea, Cluj-Napoca, Hanoi, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1087.78 426.55
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 487.24 336.75
- Apples 1.25 0.71
- Beef 12.46 11.81
- Beer 2.72 2.63
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- Bread 1.36 0.84
- Chicken Fillets 7.25 6.32
- Cinema Ticket 7.93 9.07
- Coffee 3.29 2.72
- Coliving Space 634.54 314.3
- Coworking Space 192.63 235.73
- Dining Out local 101.98, nomad 634.54, expat 271.95, family 407.92, tourist 49.86 local 88.8, nomad 329.52, expat 245.04, family 466, tourist 40.28
- Doctor Visit (GP) 56.66 63.27
- Fast Food Combo 8.61 7.68
- Gasoline 1.77 2.13
- Groceries local 215.29, nomad 101.98, expat 294.61, family 725.19, tourist 9.06 local 105, nomad 84, expat 140, family 440, tourist 4.2
- Gym Membership 49.86 33.53
- Haircut 19.26 7.99
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 72.52, expat 45.32, family 135.97 local 0, nomad 62.72, expat 31.43, family 103.77, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 362.59, nomad 951.81, expat 555.22, family 1087.78, tourist 79.32 local 336.75, nomad 426.55, expat 392.88, family 583.7, tourist 89.8
- Internet & Mobile local 14.73, nomad 40.79, expat 18.13, family 36.26, tourist 3.4 local 14.87, nomad 32.83, family 20.48, tourist 0.34
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 11.33 9.26
- Jeans 79.32 74.6
- Laundry 14.73 0.63
- Leisure Activities local 56.66, nomad 147.3, expat 124.64, family 271.95, tourist 17 local 42.6, nomad 85.41, expat 68.54, family 1791.55, tourist 18.14
- Meal (Inexpensive) 10.2 11.1
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 54.39 49.9
- Milk 1.7 1.62
- Mobile Plan 10.2 5.61
- Monthly Transport Pass 29.46 33.74
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 7.93 9.37
- Rice 1.93 2.11
- Ride-hailing (5km) 6.35 4.92
- Running Shoes 95.18 81.4
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6.8 3.37
- Scooter Rental 10.2 54
- Summer Dress 40.79 37.3
- Taxi Start 1.02 0.81
- Taxi per km 1.02 0.82
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 20.4 16.87
- Transportation local 29.46, nomad 56.66, expat 67.99, family 192.63, tourist 18.13 local 40.07, nomad 73.1, expat 48.5, family 120.73, tourist 14.76
- Utilities local 124.64, nomad 0, expat 169.97, family 294.61, tourist 0 local 103, nomad 0, expat 131.5, family 160, 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 0.44
- Wine (Mid-range) 9.06 7.8
Fix pass — Tennis Court (Weekend) borrowed from the Oradea public court tariff and Gasoline marked as a national average (tenisoradea.ro, globalpetrolprices.com).

Timișoara cost of living