Chisinau vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chisinau	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$969	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2309	$4959
🏠 One person rent	$535	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$933	$2124
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$357	$3456
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	52	93
😀 Quality of life	62	94
🏙️ Population	567K	626K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 54% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 5780th and 1708th ($969 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 86th 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 1.6 months in Glasgow. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5599th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chisinau	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.77	$22.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.4	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$6.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$1185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1012	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1681
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$320
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.02	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.99%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2614	$4105
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1942	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.74	$18.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$9.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$18.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.06
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.44	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.42	$23.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.04	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$135
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$443	$928
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6332	$21435

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404