Brussels vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brussels	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2030	$969
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4894	$2309
🏠 One person rent	$1166	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$1999	$933
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$304
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3313	$357
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	52
😀 Quality of life	91	62
🏙️ Population	196K	567K

The cost of living in Brussels is 109% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 1939th and 5780th ($2030 vs $969) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.4 months in Chisinau. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 121st and 5599th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brussels/chisinau.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brussels vs Chisinau infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brussels/chisinau" target="_blank">Brussels vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brussels vs Chisinau

Prices for goods and services in Brussels and Chisinau are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brussels	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$8.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$8.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.4	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1112	$550
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$366
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2002	$1012
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$192
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.2	$9.02
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	8.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5037	$2614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4002	$1942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.5	$12.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$4.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.7	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$8.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.36	$5.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$3.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.04	$5.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$4.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$68
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1423	$443
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19621	$6332

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1969
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1874
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1832
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1993
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1843
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1833
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1888
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1793
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1848
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1819
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1769
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1845
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1799
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1881
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1895
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1703
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1743
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1686
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1688
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1799
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1746
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1753
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1742
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1939
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1829
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1727
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1834

Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$789
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$690
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$572
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$774
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$954
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$855
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1048
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$799
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$809
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$823
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$727
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$694
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$641
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$807
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$840
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$906
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$857
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$874
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$870
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$834
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$801
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$701
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$409
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1120
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$771
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1041
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1119
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$896
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$725
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$716
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$722
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$995