Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Population
- 80,000
- Coordinates
- 44.63° N, 22.65° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Bucharest
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $771 a month in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, rent included: 87% less than in New York. The average net salary is $949 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Drobeta-Turnu Severin; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%69
- Safetycountry20%59
- Health carecountry15%53
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%47
- Connectivitycountry10%64
- Cost10%81
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Romania
- #23
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #626
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $8.73 | $25.00 | −65% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $43.65 | $140 | −69% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $7.64 | $14.00 | −45% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.27 | $8.00 | −59% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.04 | $10.00 | −60% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.30 | $6.37 | −48% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.15 | $3.80 | −43% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.85 | $2.89 | −36% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.46 | $1.36 | +7% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.16 | $4.68 | −75% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.42 | $6.97 | −80% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.58 | $5.73 | −38% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.18 | $17.38 | −53% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.16 | $15.11 | −59% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $8.22 | $17.77 | −54% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.22 | $6.11 | −80% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.58 | $2.20 | −28% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.53 | $5.77 | −73% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.66 | $6.25 | −57% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.71 | $3.47 | −80% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.65 | $4.17 | −84% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.05 | $2.72 | −61% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.93 | $2.50 | −63% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $7.64 | $20.00 | −62% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $0.98 | $3.21 | −69% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.42 | $3.96 | −64% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $6.22 | $19.00 | −67% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | — | $3.00 | — |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $13.09 | $140 | −91% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $0.98 | $3.00 | −67% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.87 | $2.18 | −60% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $8.73 | $42.00 | −79% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.86 | $1.10 | +69% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $29,250 | $35,458 | −18% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $25,897 | $25,309 | +2% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $9.49 | $73.50 | −87% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $12.70 | $71.93 | −82% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | — | $126 | — |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $7.09 | $23.00 | −69% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $459 | $3,366 | −86% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $6,887 | $60,589 | −89% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $77.96 | $72.80 | +7% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $33.28 | $53.22 | −37% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $90.02 | $118 | −24% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $92.75 | $125 | −26% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $175 | $4,417 | −96% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $175 | $3,033 | −94% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $327 | $9,242 | −96% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $262 | $5,461 | −95% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $949 | $5,178 | −82% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 7.02% | 6.49% | +0.5 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $175 | $949 |
| Jan 2026 | 45.9 | $184 | $1,377 |
| Dec 2025 | 37.6 | $184 | $1,384 |
| Nov 2025 | 37.1 | $182 | $1,361 |
| Oct 2025 | 33.8 | $183 | $1,373 |
| May 2025 | 44.3 | $178 | $1,332 |
| Apr 2025 | 46.0 | $183 | $1,371 |
| Mar 2025 | 41.2 | $171 | $1,279 |
| Feb 2025 | 39.8 | $167 | $1,253 |
| Jan 2025 | 38.5 | $167 | $1,253 |
| Dec 2024 | 37.5 | $167 | $1,255 |
| Nov 2024 | 38.1 | $170 | $1,275 |
| Oct 2024 | 39.8 | $174 | $1,308 |
| Sep 2024 | 41.3 | $179 | $1,339 |
| Aug 2024 | 40.0 | $304 | $827 |
| Jul 2024 | 39.6 | $301 | $818 |
| Jun 2024 | 40.0 | $303 | $826 |
| May 2024 | 39.1 | $299 | $687 |
| Apr 2024 | 40.2 | $433 | $697 |
| Mar 2024 | 40.1 | $434 | $699 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $433 | $391 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $442 | $399 |
| Dec 2023 | 28.7 | $307 | $396 |
| Nov 2023 | 28.2 | $301 | $389 |
| Oct 2023 | — | $296 | $383 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Romania's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Drobeta-Turnu Severin yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Drobeta-Turnu Severin on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Drobeta-Turnu Severin yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
Internet
Romania median; city not listed- Upload
- 191Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 6ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 83Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 21ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Drobeta-Turnu Severin yet.
Cities like Drobeta-Turnu Severin
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 5Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 5 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 89%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026