Romania
- Capital
- Bucharest
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Population, 2025
- 19 million
- Currency
- RON
- Area
- 238,391 km²
Across Romania's 64 priced cities, one person needs about $1,112 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,047.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
70out of 100
- Purchasing power25%62
- Safety20%67
- Health care15%56
- Climate10%76
- Air quality10%94
- Connectivity10%91
- Cost10%66
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 among countries
- #10
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
42.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
10.9
New York = 100
Purchasing power
115.6
New York = 100
One person
$1,112
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,047
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$546
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$22,538
2025
Growth
+0.7%
2025
Unemployment
6.0%
2025
Inflation
7.2%
2025
Life expectancy
76.5 years
2024
Internet users
91%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 35%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 16%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 21%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 35%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 2.3%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 66.9
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 33.1
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.1
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #15 worldwide
- 276
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #56 worldwide
- 83
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +12%
Cities in Romania
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Timisoara | 71 | 42.7 | $560 | $1,214 | 115.6 | 250.8K | High confidence, 72 contributors |
| 2Piatra Neamt | 71 | 37.3 | $297 | $1,391 | 185.6 | 102.7K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 3Oradea | 71 | 38.4 | $413 | $936 | 108.2 | 183.1K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 4Cluj-Napoca | 70 | 47.5 | $655 | $1,340 | 111.9 | 286.6K | High confidence, 98 contributors |
| 5Targu Mures | 69 | 38.7 | $431 | $1,047 | 118.3 | 212.8K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 6Sector 5 | 69 | — | — | — | — | 271.6K | Low confidence |
| 7Bucharest | 68 | 47.1 | $711 | $1,479 | 119.2 | 1.9M | High confidence, 279 contributors |
| 8Sector 4 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 287.8K | Low confidence |
| 9Arad | 68 | 37.8 | $343 | $961 | 120.7 | 169.1K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 10Sector 6 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 367.8K | Low confidence |
| 11Sector 1 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 225.5K | Low confidence |
| 12Buzau | 68 | 37.1 | $364 | $895 | 111.1 | 103.5K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 13Sector 3 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 385.4K | Low confidence |
| 14Sector 2 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 290.5K | Low confidence |
| 15Sibiu | 67 | 39.7 | $461 | $1,163 | 125.7 | 134.3K | High confidence, 36 contributors |
| 16Galati | 67 | 39.6 | $400 | $938 | 107.8 | 217.9K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 17Ploiesti | 67 | 42.0 | $428 | $1,027 | 110.9 | 180.5K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 18Iasi | 66 | 42.4 | $559 | $1,172 | 112.0 | 379K | High confidence, 62 contributors |
| 19Braila | 66 | 45.3 | $398 | $876 | 92.9 | 154.7K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 20Craiova | 65 | 38.8 | $529 | $962 | 98.9 | 234.1K | High confidence, 31 contributors |
| 21Baia Mare | 65 | 40.4 | $287 | $890 | 113.8 | 108.8K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 22Bacau | 65 | 43.4 | $426 | $991 | 105.2 | 136.1K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 23Deva | 64 | 36.3 | $242 | $1,182 | 171.5 | 67.8K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 24Pitesti | 64 | 47.9 | $546 | $1,033 | 93.4 | 141.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 25Satu Mare | 64 | 37.5 | $331 | $684 | 87.4 | 112.5K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 26Constanta | 64 | 44.0 | $621 | $984 | 87.7 | 317.8K | High confidence, 36 contributors |
| 27Bistrita | 64 | 34.9 | $229 | $1,047 | 159.0 | 78.9K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 28Lugoj | 64 | 35.3 | $191 | $965 | 153.0 | 43.2K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 29Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 62 | 39.7 | $175 | $949 | 140.8 | 79.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 30Slatina | 62 | 37.6 | $218 | $906 | 132.3 | 63.5K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 31Slobozia | 62 | 38.6 | $265 | $994 | 134.4 | 41.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 32Brasov | 61 | 45.2 | $706 | $1,132 | 93.4 | 253.2K | High confidence, 51 contributors |
| 33Resita | 61 | 36.3 | $218 | $837 | 125.3 | 81.2K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 34Alba Iulia | 61 | 35.0 | $304 | $937 | 129.1 | 64.2K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 35Roman | 61 | 37.7 | $218 | $850 | 123.7 | 67.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 36Miercurea Ciuc | 61 | 32.9 | $196 | $709 | 117.5 | 34.5K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 37Hunedoara | 60 | 35.2 | $267 | $818 | 117.5 | 69.1K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 38Targoviste | 60 | 33.2 | $365 | $906 | 120.0 | 67K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 39Petrosani | 60 | 40.3 | — | $1,148 | 127.4 | 44.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 40Botosani | 60 | 36.5 | $405 | $1,006 | 120.7 | 90K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 41Suceava | 60 | 35.9 | $414 | $972 | 116.6 | 84.3K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 42Alexandria | 60 | 37.5 | $327 | $880 | 113.1 | 40.4K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 43Baia Sprie | 58 | 37.0 | — | — | — | 16.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 44Calarasi | 58 | 36.1 | $329 | $757 | 99.2 | 6.7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 45Ramnicu Valcea | 58 | 36.8 | $415 | $868 | 102.6 | 93.2K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 46Mangalia | 58 | 41.2 | $273 | $764 | 97.9 | 39.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 47Targu Frumos | 58 | 39.1 | — | — | — | 13.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 48Sannicolau Mare | 58 | 40.4 | — | — | — | 12.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 49Lehliu Gara | 58 | 39.7 | — | — | — | 6.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 50Zalau | 58 | 34.2 | $287 | $646 | 92.2 | 52.4K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 51Sfantu Gheorghe | 58 | 37.2 | $300 | $709 | 94.4 | 50.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 52Iernut | 58 | 40.5 | — | — | — | 9.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 53Buzias | 58 | 40.7 | — | — | — | 7.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 54Vatra Dornei | 58 | 42.5 | — | — | — | 16.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 55Otopeni | 58 | 42.3 | — | — | — | 10.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 56Bolintin-Vale | 58 | 46.9 | $546 | $1,200 | 109.7 | 11.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 57Campina | 58 | 43.0 | $246 | $726 | 93.1 | 41.6K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 58Marghita | 57 | 46.8 | — | — | — | 13.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 59Dealu | 57 | 46.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 60Giurgiu | 57 | 46.4 | — | $945 | 96.3 | 54.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 61Focsani | 57 | 37.0 | $388 | $717 | 86.9 | 66.6K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 62Pascani | 57 | 38.0 | — | $764 | 87.7 | 45K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 63Barlad | 56 | — | — | — | — | 67.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 64Carei | 56 | — | — | — | — | 20.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 65Tulcea | 56 | 39.8 | $364 | $669 | 79.6 | 65.6K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 66Turda | 55 | 44.7 | — | $773 | 80.6 | 43.3K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 67Onesti | 55 | 40.5 | — | $663 | 73.3 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 68Cugir | 54 | 33.5 | — | $552 | 68.0 | 24.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 69Sighetu Marmatiei | 54 | 36.4 | — | $552 | 64.9 | 40.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 70Targu Jiu (Tirgu Jiu) | 53 | 42.3 | $362 | $546 | 62.6 | 73.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 71Odorheiu Secuiesc | 53 | 41.1 | — | $546 | 59.9 | 36.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 72Vaslui | 53 | 35.8 | — | $469 | 55.8 | 63K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |