Chisinau vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$505	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$729
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	51	44
😀 Quality of life	57	43
🏙️ Population	639K	6.65M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 51% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 6080th and 7767th ($892 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 276th in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.2 months in Hengyang. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 5665th and 6669th 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	$8.05	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$8454

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867

Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600