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Romania vs. Kazakhstan Cost of Living Summary

Romania is 79.4% more expensive than Kazakhstan overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Romania
Groceries: pay 55.3% more in Romania
Transportation: pay 90.4% more in Romania
Housing: pay 52.7% more in Romania
Childcare: pay 2.4 times more in Romania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 90.0% more in Romania
Clothing: pay 16.6% more in Romania

The cost of childcare, restaurants, transportation, entertainment and sports, groceries, and housing in Romania are more expensive than in Kazakhstan. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Romania.

Romania vs. Kazakhstan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Romania instead of Kazakhstan, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.69 KZT3,941.52	$10.04 RON44.12	+30.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.59 KZT2,864.31	$7.48 RON32.85	+33.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.82 KZT422.84	$1.94 RON8.52	+135.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 KZT239.32	$1.61 RON7.09	+246.1%
Average			+111.5%

Kazakhstan vs. Romania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 55.3% more for groceries

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Bread 1 loaf	$0.38 KZT195.51	$1.18 RON5.19	+209.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.90 KZT1,998.07	$4.01 RON17.63	+3.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.72 KZT1,906.33	$5.61 RON24.64	+50.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.42 KZT725.71	$3.05 RON13.38	+115.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.90 KZT973.93	$2.90 RON12.74	+52.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.54 KZT276.70	$0.51 RON2.23	-5.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78 KZT402.02	$0.70 RON3.06	-11.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 KZT413.35	$0.70 RON3.09	-12.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.76 KZT387.25	$0.93 RON4.09	+23.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.27 KZT137.75	$0.39 RON1.73	+46.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.18 KZT89.96	$0.42 RON1.82	+136.6%
Average			+55.3%

Kazakhstan vs. Romania - Cost of groceries

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pay 90.4% more for transportation

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.64 KZT840.86	$6.02 RON26.45	+267.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$14.93 KZT7,657.37	$23.52 RON103.31	+57.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,099.38 KZT10,820,684.35	$27,339.27 RON120,090.50	+29.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.61 KZT3,389.28	$7.08 RON31.10	+7.1%
Average			+90.4%

Kazakhstan vs. Romania - Cost of transportation

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pay 52.7% more for housing

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.16 KZT6,750.36	$9.24 RON40.59	-29.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$335.95 KZT172,287.45	$390.19 RON1,713.96	+16.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$228.28 KZT117,074.25	$289.13 RON1,270.02	+26.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$39.09 KZT20,044.81	$116.41 RON511.34	+197.8%
Average			+52.7%

Kazakhstan vs. Romania - Cost of housing

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pay 2.4 times more for childcare

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$167.71 KZT86,009.71	$526.34 RON2,311.99	+213.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,761.69 KZT2,442,004.87	$7,853.44 RON34,497.00	+64.9%
Average			+139.4%

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pay 90.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.16 KZT593.30	$2.34 RON10.30	+102.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.82 KZT935.15	$2.50 RON11.00	+37.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.91 KZT981.12	$5.88 RON25.83	+207.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.04 KZT16,432.03	$42.19 RON185.34	+31.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.04 KZT2,070.80	$6.90 RON30.33	+71.0%
Average			+90.0%

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pay 16.6% more for clothing

	Kazakhstan	Romania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$48.70 KZT24,973.00	$66.67 RON292.86	+36.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.81 KZT18,366.64	$38.50 RON169.11	+7.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.95 KZT39,461.26	$78.13 RON343.19	+1.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$73.59 KZT37,739.23	$88.57 RON389.07	+20.4%
Average			+16.6%

Kazakhstan vs. Romania - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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