Brussels vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$2238
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$908
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$346
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	51
😀 Quality of life	91	59
🏙️ Population	196K	639K

The cost of living in Brussels is 114% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 1913th and 5968th ($2028 vs $947) 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 1.7 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 165th and 6039th 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	$25.6	$8.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$521
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	8.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$2427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$1691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$4.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$7.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$7015

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

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