Belgrade vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$2204
🏠 One person rent	$622	$505
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$980
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$625
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	51
😀 Quality of life	71	57
🏙️ Population	1.2M	639K

The cost of living in Belgrade is 30% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 4605th and 6080th ($1160 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Serbia and Moldova, respectively. Check Serbia vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.7 months in Chisinau. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 2157th and 5665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Chisinau

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	Belgrade	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$8.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$6.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$1075
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$1974
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$1449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$7.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$356
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$6466

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867