Living in Buftea

Residents of Buftea numbered 23,291 at the end of 2025. Registered unemployed accounted for 0.2% of residents in 2025. Annual PM2.5 was 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0721 sources

Population23,291people31 Dec 2025Official source · Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online

Average gross salary1,659EUR/month31 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete

Recorded crime1,597incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Buftea?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in RomaniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Buftea.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The dwelling count was 9,702 at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Buftea. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€8

Mobile plan, 10 GB€5

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	7.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Digi Fiber 1000²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Digi mobile plan³Official · national market
Dwellings	9,702 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	7,443 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official

Is Buftea a good place to live?

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Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–75%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student64%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–76%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–68%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 44–72%

Work and income

Buftea's employment count was 9,752 at the end of 2021.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,659 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete¹Official · county
People in employment	9,752 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁷Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Buftea. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

National Agency for Employment — Public employment service

Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM)

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Buftea. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Buftea?

Police recorded 1,597 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,597 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Buftea's nearest airport was OTP, 12 km away and offered 66 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	66 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	12 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	OTP	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Buftea. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Integration Programme for beneficiaries of international protection and other eligible foreigners — Integration course

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For refugees, persons with subsidiary protection, other eligible foreigners.

RomanianIn PersonCost varies

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Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.

RomanianIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Buftea.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Buftea?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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18°5°

24°10°

28°14°

30°16°

31°15°

25°11°

18°6°

11°1°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

107

157

195

245

259

293

283

209

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hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.513WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in RomaniaAnnual PM2.5 in Buftea is 13.0 µg/m³. Of 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

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Buftea 13.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3 · Feb 6.3 · Mar 12.3 · Apr 18.5 · May 24.1 · Jun 28.1 · Jul 30.4 · Aug 30.6 · Sep 25 · Oct 18 · Nov 10.5 · Dec 4.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5 · Feb -3.5 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 4.9 · May 9.7 · Jun 13.9 · Jul 15.6 · Aug 15.2 · Sep 10.7 · Oct 5.7 · Nov 1.4 · Dec -3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.5 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 5.6 · Apr 11.4 · May 16.8 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 16.8 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 0 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 40.1 · Feb 33 · Mar 42.4 · Apr 50.2 · May 70.4 · Jun 82.7 · Jul 68.6 · Aug 48.9 · Sep 60.5 · Oct 60.7 · Nov 43.6 · Dec 47 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 78.8 · Feb 107.1 · Mar 156.7 · Apr 195.3 · May 245.4 · Jun 259.4 · Jul 293.4 · Aug 283 · Sep 208.7 · Oct 149.6 · Nov 84.8 · Dec 63.9 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Romania: Arad ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Kecskemét (Hungary) ±0.9 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±2.2 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±2.4 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±2.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±2.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The count of female residents in Buftea was 10,826 at the end of 2021. The male population of Buftea was 9,760.

How many people live in Buftea?

The published population was 23,291 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	10,826 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Male residents	9,760 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Population	23,291 people	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.163 %	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official

International community in Buftea

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Ancestry or ethnicity

Resident population at 1 December 2021 in the UAT; ethnicity/mother tongue are source-native census response categories · 2021-12-01

Published group	People	Share
POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL	20,586	100.0%
Români	16,045	77.9%
Informație nedisponibila	4,208	20.4%
Romi	249	1.2%
Alta etnie	54	0.3%
Germani	6	0.0%
Italieni	6	0.0%
Maghiari	4	0.0%
Turci	4	0.0%
Ucraineni	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Registered jobseekers	38 people	7 Aug 2026	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Buftea

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Buftea from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Buftea

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Romania

Other cities in Romania to compare with Buftea, nearest in population first.

All Romania cities

Carei23,032 residents Lupeni23,637 residents Târgu Neamţ22,945 residents Aiud23,858 residents Otopeni22,660 residents Târnăveni24,013 residents

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Buftea in rankings

#7 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Romania

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Buftea when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 18, and public school is free. How to enrol a child (edu.ro).

A country-wide rule for Romania; Buftea's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Buftea part of Bucharest?

Buftea is identified as a satellite of Bucharest. It is about 20.3 km away by straight-line distance. Bucharest city profile

Relationship type: Satellite Of. Source²¹

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Buftea?

The published population was 23,291 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.

Is the air quality good in Buftea?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Buftea?

Is Buftea a good place to live?

Buftea may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Buftea part of Bucharest?

Buftea is identified as a satellite of Bucharest. It is about 20.3 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Buftea?

Baloteşti, Afumaţi are near Buftea. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL ancestry or ethnicity group in Buftea?

The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 20,586 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021-12-01. This is a ancestry or ethnicity measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Buftea, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ac41786347e1b76d4c8b966ed4827c17]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/buftea/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_buftea-romania-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_a2c504a5dd98,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Buftea, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ac41786347e1b76d4c8b966ed4827c17},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/buftea/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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