Chisinau vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$528	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	51	28
😀 Quality of life	59	39
🏙️ Population	639K	2.69M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 41% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5968th and 7287th ($947 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Syria, respectively. Check Moldova vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 6039th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Damascus

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	Chisinau	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$1711

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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 Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108