Chisinau vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$4562
🏠 One person rent	$528	$891
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$1525
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$580
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$2914
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	82
😀 Quality of life	59	93
🏙️ Population	639K	548K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 48% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 5968th and 2626th ($947 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 89th in Moldova and Germany, respectively. Check Moldova vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Hanover ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 6039th and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Hanover

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	Chisinau	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$932
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$681
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$1515
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$1248
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$4748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$3144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$67.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$33.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$5.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$6.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$93.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$29738

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565