Chisinau vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$2601
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$6038
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1451
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$2570
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$729
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$221
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$4591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	92
😀 Quality of life	59	98
🏙️ Population	639K	667K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 64% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 5968th and 713th ($947 vs $2601) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Denmark, respectively. Check Moldova vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.8 months in Copenhagen. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 6039th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Copenhagen

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	Chisinau	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$23.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$109
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$15.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$9.14
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$6.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$4.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$1734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$3186
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$2138
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$41.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$6448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$116
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$29.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$2.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$4.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$5.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$20.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$69.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$37.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$614
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$17654

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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

Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678