Chisinau vs Chittagong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chisinau	Chittagong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$969	$358
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2309	$884
🏠 One person rent	$535	$97.6
🏘️ Family rent	$933	$164
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$51.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$357	$282
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	47
😀 Quality of life	62	56
🏙️ Population	567K	3.23M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 171% more expensive than in Chittagong. Cities ranked 5780th and 9042nd ($969 vs $358) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Moldova and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Moldova vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.8 months in Chittagong. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Chittagong ranked 2nd in Bangladesh, while ranked 5599th and 6271st 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/chisinau/chittagong.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chisinau vs Chittagong infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chisinau/chittagong" target="_blank">Chisinau vs Chittagong - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chisinau vs Chittagong

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

	Chisinau	Chittagong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.77	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.4	$5.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$4.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$1.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$55.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1012	$208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$102
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$18.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$28.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.02	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.99%	11.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2614	$799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1942	$465
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$4.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.74	$5.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$2.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$7.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$0.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.44	$8.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.42	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$1.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$3.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$8.08
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.04	$1.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$22.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$53.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$443	$35.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6332	$1349

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$321
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$321
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$342
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$435
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$329
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$348
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$357
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$478
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$287
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$583
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$326
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$327
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$278
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$327
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$534
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$328
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$318
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$331
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$333
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$321
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$326
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$365
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$319
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$313
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$318
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$321
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$324
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$314
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$311
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$311
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$313
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$362
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$319
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$315
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$321
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$336
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$285
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$297
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$339