Abu Dhabi vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1942	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$2238
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$2152	$908
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3050	$346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	51
😀 Quality of life	85	59
🏙️ Population	1.57M	639K

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 105% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 2187th and 5968th ($1942 vs $947) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Moldova, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.4 months in Chisinau. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 443rd and 6039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Chisinau

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	Abu Dhabi	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$8.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1358	$521
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2476	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1762	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.01%	8.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5485	$2427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12028	$1691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$4.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.73	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.92	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.5	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12663	$7015

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2514
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1419
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2521
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1228
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1849
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1770
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$792
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1078
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1201
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1230
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1081
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$530
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$908
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1008
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$529
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$873
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$930
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$568
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$553
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$453
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$477
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$530
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$503
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$573
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$557
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$624
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$463
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1627
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$483

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