Cost of living comparison

Romania

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Portugal

Cascais vs. Cluj-napoca Cost of Living Summary

Cascais is 37.7% more expensive than Cluj-napoca.

Restaurants: pay 1.2% less in Cascais
Groceries: pay 25.7% more in Cascais
Transportation: pay 48.2% more in Cascais
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Cascais
Childcare: pay 61.1% more in Cascais
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.6% less in Cascais
Clothing: pay 1.4% less in Cascais

The cost of housing, childcare, transportation, and groceries in Cascais are more expensive than in Cluj-napoca. Expenses including clothing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are lower in Cascais. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Cascais.

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Cascais vs. Cluj-napoca Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cascais instead of Cluj-napoca, you would:

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pay 1.2% less for restaurants

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.50 RON52.58	$14.02 €12.25	+21.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.05 RON36.81	$9.34 €8.17	+16.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.53 RON11.57	$2.19 €1.91	-13.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.27 RON10.37	$1.60 €1.40	-29.5%
Average			-1.2%

Cluj-napoca vs. Cascais - Cost of restaurants

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pay 25.7% more for groceries

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Bread 1 loaf	$1.38 RON6.31	$1.80 €1.57	+30.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.76 RON21.76	$5.65 €4.94	+18.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.78 RON31.03	$4.15 €3.63	-38.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.37 RON15.40	$3.15 €2.76	-6.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.32 RON15.19	$3.53 €3.09	+6.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.64 RON2.91	$1.15 €1.01	+81.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.79 RON3.62	$0.77 €0.67	-2.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 RON3.47	$0.91 €0.80	+20.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.11 RON5.07	$1.35 €1.18	+21.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.44 RON2.02	$0.68 €0.60	+54.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 RON2.08	$0.90 €0.78	+97.2%
Average			+25.7%

Cluj-napoca vs. Cascais - Cost of groceries

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pay 48.2% more for transportation

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.36 RON29.09	$7.43 €6.50	+16.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.36 RON106.82	$46.72 €40.85	+100.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,336.34 RON130K	$35,922.69 €31,409.18	+26.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.45 RON38.65	$12.61 €11.03	+49.3%
Average			+48.2%

Cluj-napoca vs. Cascais - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.97 RON45.61	$39.69 €34.70	+298.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$743.68 RON3,400.84	$1,735.30 €1,517.27	+133.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$585.48 RON2,677.40	$1,226.39 €1,072.30	+109.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$128.88 RON589.39	$112.34 €98.23	-12.8%
Average			+132.0%

Cluj-napoca vs. Cascais - Cost of housing

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pay 61.1% more for childcare

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$553.35 RON2,530.48	$759.19 €663.80	+37.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,983.94 RON41,083.56	$16,617.31 €14,529.43	+85.0%
Average			+61.1%

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pay 0.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.45 RON15.77	$2.34 €2.04	-32.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.43 RON15.68	$2.76 €2.42	-19.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.90 RON31.55	$6.31 €5.51	-8.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.58 RON208.46	$70.08 €61.27	+53.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.16 RON37.33	$8.47 €7.40	+3.7%
Average			-0.6%

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pay 1.4% less for clothing

	Cluj-napoca	Cascais
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$79.34 RON362.81	$87.60 €76.59	+10.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.64 RON194.99	$39.42 €34.47	-7.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.84 RON438.28	$97.12 €84.92	+1.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.58 RON473.68	$93.44 €81.70	-9.8%
Average			-1.4%

Cluj-napoca vs. Cascais - Cost of clothing

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