Chisinau vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chisinau	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$969	$2295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2309	$5636
🏠 One person rent	$535	$1360
🏘️ Family rent	$933	$2398
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$357	$3514
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	52	88
😀 Quality of life	62	92
🏙️ Population	567K	488K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 58% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 5780th and 1307th ($969 vs $2295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Moldova and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.5 months in Edinburgh. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Edinburgh ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5599th and 83rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Edinburgh

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	Chisinau	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.77	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.4	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$8.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$2.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$1471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1081
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1012	$2686
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1966
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$245
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.02	$43.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.99%	4.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2614	$6647
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1942	$4795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$2.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$94.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.74	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.44	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$2.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.42	$22.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$50.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.04	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$443	$1749
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6332	$25458

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$789
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$690
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$572
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$774
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$954
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$855
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1048
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$799
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$809
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$823
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$727
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$694
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$641
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$807
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$840
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$906
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$857
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$874
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$870
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$834
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$801
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$701
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$409
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1120
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$771
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1041
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1119
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$896
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$725
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$716
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$722
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$995

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820