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Triplandio Bucharest guide covers 12 travel guides across 31 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 44 self-guided walking tours in Bucharest with 225 POI, spanning 182.9 km in total. Get inspired by 12 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Bucharest
City & Country Data Romania (Bucharest)
Key travel data for Bucharest — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Romania
Cost
HIGH
Safety
70
Health
47
Lifestyle
64
Infra
50
Rank
#47
Score
48
Tourists
5.0M/y
GDP/cap
$22.5k
Life Exp
76.5 yrs
Population
19.0M
Currency
RON lei
Language
Romanian
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Bucharest
Coffee
$3.30
Beer
$3.30
Lunch
$12.00
Groceries
$25.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.60
Transit
$1.00
Fuel
$1.20/l
Internet
$25.00/m
Salary
$1,200/m
Best time to visit Bucharest (Romania)
Now (July) avg: 27°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Jun & Sep.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
33°C / 20°C
Sunrise / Sunset
5:43 / 20:59
Local time
10:39
Best Months 
Jun & Sep
Jun & Sep
J
Jan
F
Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Bucharest —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Peppers stuffed with a rice and meat mixture, served with a tomato sauce. Grilled polenta balls filled with telemea cheese and often bacon. A tangy vegetable soup made with fermented bran. Baked pretzels, typically with a salted crust. Rich and flavorful pork stew with polenta and cheese. A smoky spread made from roasted vegetables, typically eggplant and peppers. Breaded and fried pork cutlet. Traditional tripe soup with sour cream. A sweet, leavened bread filled with nuts, cocoa, and sometimes Turkish delight. Fried doughnuts with sour cream and jam.
Traditional Local Food
Bucharest (Romania)
Main course
Meat
Ardei Umpluți
Ar-day Oomp-loots
· Stuffed bell peppers
🥦
Main course
Vegetarian
Bulz
Bools
· Polenta and cheese dish
Soup
Vegetarian
Ciorbă de legume
Chor-buh deh leh-goom-eh
· Vegetable sour soup
Snack
Vegetarian
Covrigi
Co-vree-ghee
· Romanian pretzels
Main course
Meat
Tochitură Moldovenească
Toh-khi-too-ruh Mol-doh-veh-neshk-ah
· Moldovan pork stew
Starter
Vegan
Zacuscă
Za-koos-ka
· Roasted vegetable spread
Main course
Meat
Șnițel de porc
Shnee-tzel de pork
· Pork schnitzel
Soup
Meat
Ciorbă de burtă
CHOR-buh deh BOOR-tuh
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cozonac
koh-ZOH-nahk
Dessert
Vegetarian
Papanasi
Papanași
pah-pah-NAH-shee
