Chisinau vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$3975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	51	65
😀 Quality of life	57	87
🏙️ Population	639K	3.33M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 63% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 6080th and 989th ($892 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5665th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Dubai

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	Chisinau	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$13241

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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

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536