Chisinau vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chisinau	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$810	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1981	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$428	$899
🏘️ Family rent	$798	$1488
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.6	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$587	$2841
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	84
😀 Quality of life	58	92
🏙️ Population	639K	553K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 54% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 6354th and 2513th ($810 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 34th in Moldova and Germany, respectively. Check Moldova vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Hanover ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 5671st and 80th 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	$6.79	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$75.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.82	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$5.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.71	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$3.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$734	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$552	$1013
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$51.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1487	$5001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$30.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$3.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$8.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.85	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.8	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$77.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$97.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$384
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3791	$14972

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$767
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$820
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$464
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$487
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$783
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1111
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$802
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$839
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$976
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$730
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$737
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$557
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$670
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$758
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$743
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$683
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$748
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$746
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$704
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$758
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$401
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$928
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$739
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$898
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$962
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$868
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$678
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$654
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$701
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$846

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1610
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1602
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1599
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1601
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1599
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1546
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1552
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1517
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1563
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1563
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1552
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1573
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1439
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1516
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1521
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1495
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1381
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1487
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1347
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1391
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1488
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1363
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1301
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1355
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1383
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1492
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1493
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1369
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1487
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1400
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1431
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1270
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1393
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1428
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1380