Abidjan vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abidjan	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1224	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$2238
🏠 One person rent	$548	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$912	$908
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$198	$346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	51
😀 Quality of life	43	59
🏙️ Population	5.62M	639K

The cost of living in Abidjan is 29% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 4654th and 5968th ($1224 vs $947) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ivory Coast and Moldova, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.4 months in Chisinau. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 7383rd and 6039th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Abidjan vs Chisinau infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/abidjan/chisinau.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Abidjan vs Chisinau infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/abidjan/chisinau" target="_blank">Abidjan vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Abidjan vs Chisinau

Prices for goods and services in Abidjan and Chisinau are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Abidjan	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.07	$8.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$521
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	8.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$2427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1432	$1691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$4.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.52	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.8	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.83	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3211	$7015

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1057
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1057
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1083
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1066
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1123
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$532
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$668
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$822
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$630
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$600
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1099
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$417
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$652
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$684
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$835
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$699
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$703
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$846
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$514
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$598
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$705
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$502
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$793
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$712
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$536
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$877
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$508

Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970