Brussels vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2204
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$505
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$980
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$625
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	51
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	196K	639K

The cost of living in Brussels is 104% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 2354th and 6080th ($1816 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and Moldova, respectively. Check Belgium vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.7 months in Chisinau. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 190th and 5665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Chisinau

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	Brussels	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$8.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$6.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$1075
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1974
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$356
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$6466

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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