Chennai vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$2204
🏠 One person rent	$152	$505
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$980
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$625
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	51
😀 Quality of life	66	57
🏙️ Population	6.6M	639K

The cost of living in Chennai is 52% less expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 8897th and 6080th ($430 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd in India and Moldova, respectively. Check India vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.7 months in Chisinau. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 4021st and 5665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Chisinau

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	Chennai	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$8.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$6.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$1075
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$1974
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$1449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$7.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$356
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$6466

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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