Chisinau vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$528	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	51	43
😀 Quality of life	59	49
🏙️ Population	639K	6.65M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 52% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 5968th and 7637th ($947 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 136th in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.1 months in Hengyang. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 6039th and 6726th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Hengyang

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	Chisinau	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$7438

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599