Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Romania
  3. Cambodia
  4. Comparison
RON
COMPARED TO
KHR

Cambodia is 28.1% more expensive than Romania.

If you lived in Cambodia instead of Romania, you would:
local_dining

pay 24.9% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.31
RON21.25
$3.00
៛12,210.00
-43.5%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.56
RON18.25
$6.00
៛24,420.00
+31.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.21
RON4.83
$0.77
៛3,122.37
-36.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.99
RON3.96
$0.48
៛1,965.67
-51.2%
Average -24.9%
Romania vs. Cambodia - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 75.8% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.63
RON2.51
$1.36
៛5,542.26
+117.4%
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.79
RON11.15
$7.48
៛30,440.21
+168.4%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.86
RON15.44
$7.40
៛30,128.52
+91.9%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.29
RON9.16
$1.57
៛6,376.48
-31.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.19
RON8.75
$1.80
៛7,326.51
-17.7%
Apples (1 lb) $0.44
RON1.76
$1.62
៛6,588.06
+268.0%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.57
RON2.30
$0.58
៛2,374.32
+1.7%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.54
RON2.17
$1.10
៛4,481.76
+102.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.58
RON2.33
$0.57
៛2,313.95
-2.1%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.28
RON1.13
$0.55
៛2,250.31
+95.7%
Onions (1 lb) $0.31
RON1.25
$0.44
៛1,771.77
+39.6%
Average +75.8%
Romania vs. Cambodia - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 68.1% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.98
RON19.93
$3.59
៛14,597.09
-28.0%
Monthly public transit pass $18.05
RON72.25
$30.71
៛124,982.92
+70.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $18,141.81
RON72,623.47
$53,666.67
៛218,423,339.77
+195.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $5.20
RON20.83
$7.00
៛28,490.00
+34.5%
Average +68.1%
Romania vs. Cambodia - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 58.0% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $9.15
RON36.64
$25.75
៛104,786.35
+181.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $264.06
RON1,057.05
$388.45
៛1,580,995.67
+47.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $183.34
RON733.94
$223.03
៛907,734.95
+21.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $86.74
RON347.23
$70.97
៛288,858.00
-18.2%
Average +58.0%
Romania vs. Cambodia - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 57.3% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $251.68
RON1,007.50
$299.13
៛1,217,446.86
+18.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,113.87
RON24,474.45
$11,966.67
៛48,704,334.77
+95.7%
Average +57.3%
Romania vs. Cambodia - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 5.1% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.32
RON5.27
$0.78
៛3,188.17
-40.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.49
RON5.95
$2.14
៛8,693.64
+43.6%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.53
RON18.14
$1.42
៛5,765.83
-68.7%
Monthly membership at local gym $29.29
RON117.23
$47.02
៛191,359.99
+60.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $5.57
RON22.28
$4.42
៛17,975.83
-20.6%
Average -5.1%
Romania vs. Cambodia - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 32.5% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $49.69
RON198.93
$25.67
៛104,463.34
-48.4%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $31.44
RON125.84
$24.58
៛100,054.17
-21.8%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $64.23
RON257.11
$52.52
៛213,754.57
-18.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $72.70
RON291.04
$42.50
៛172,975.01
-41.5%
Average -32.5%
Romania vs. Cambodia - 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: March 2021
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