Brisbane vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$2238
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$908
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$346
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	51
😀 Quality of life	98	59
🏙️ Population	2.71M	639K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 118% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 1813th and 5968th ($2065 vs $947) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and Moldova, respectively. Check Australia vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Chisinau. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 9th and 6039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Chisinau

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	Brisbane	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$8.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$521
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	8.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$2427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$7015

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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