Which is cheaper, Constanța or Timișoara?

Constanța is cheaper: about $1,150 per month versus $1,178 for one person.

Is Constanța or Timișoara safer?

Constanța scores higher on safety (73 vs 73), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Constanța or Timișoara?

Timișoara: a measured median of 89.9 Mbps versus 89.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Constanța vs Timișoara

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Constanța edges it, 70 to 68, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Constanța is stronger on nothing outright; Timișoara on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Constanța

out of 100

Romania's Black Sea port, Roman Tomis under the concrete

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Timișoara

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Western Romania's tech hub and 2023 European Capital of Culture

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Cost of living	55 ✓	54
Safety	73	73
Healthcare	69	69
Internet	87 ✓	86
Visa ease	70	70
Getting there & around	68 ✓	62
Climate	42	42
Air quality	89 ✓	83
Quality of life	76	76

Cost

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,150 ✓	$1,178
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Homicides per 100k	1.12	1.12
Political stability (0–100)	69.2	69.2
UHC service coverage (0–100)	77	77
Life expectancy	72.8 yrs	72.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Download	89.2 Mbps	89.9 Mbps ✓
Upload	44.5 Mbps ✓	37.6 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Nomad visa	Digital nomad long-stay visa (D/AS)	Digital nomad long-stay visa (D/AS)
Minimum income for the visa	$5,787/mo	$5,787/mo
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	unlimited	unlimited
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Non-stop airport destinations	126 ✓	40
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3	3

Climate and air

Metric	Constanța	Timișoara
Comfortable months per year	5	5
Annual mean PM2.5	9.8 µg/m³ ✓	12.6 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Constanța or Timișoara?: Constanța is cheaper: about $1,150 per month versus $1,178 for one person.
Is Constanța or Timișoara safer?: Constanța scores higher on safety (73 vs 73), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Constanța or Timișoara?: Timișoara: a measured median of 89.9 Mbps versus 89.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.