Belgrade vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$2238
🏠 One person rent	$717	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$908
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	50	51
😀 Quality of life	74	59
🏙️ Population	1.2M	639K

The cost of living in Belgrade is 41% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 4408th and 5968th ($1335 vs $947) 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 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.4 months in Chisinau. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 2116th and 6039th 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	$13.4	$8.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$521
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	8.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$2427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$1691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$4.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$7015

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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