Chisinau vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$505	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	35
😀 Quality of life	57	36
🏙️ Population	639K	863K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 48% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 6080th and 7600th ($892 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Moldova and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 5665th and 7359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Dushanbe

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	Chisinau	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$13506

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366