Chisinau vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$482	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	65
😀 Quality of life	57	89
🏙️ Population	639K	563K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 40% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 6200th and 3857th ($876 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 506th in Moldova and Germany, respectively. Check Moldova vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 5629th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Dresden

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	Chisinau	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$12328

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387