Chisinau vs Hyderabad, India - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$1121
🏠 One person rent	$539	$167
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$283
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$75.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$331
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	52	65
😀 Quality of life	62	64
🏙️ Population	567K	9.31M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 109% more expensive than in Hyderabad, India. Cities ranked 5911th and 8848th ($967 vs $462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Moldova and India, respectively. Check Moldova vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.7 months in Hyderabad, India. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Hyderabad, India ranked 9th in India, while ranked 5736th and 5452nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Hyderabad, India

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	Chisinau	Hyderabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$117
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$37.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$8.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	9.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$1411
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$4.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$0.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$6.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$5.65
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$1.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$3.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$4.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$44.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$2573

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$796
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$826
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$686
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$561
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$807
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1049
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$871
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1042
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$806
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$841
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$864
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$792
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$704
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$635
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$773
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$869
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$950
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$740
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$910
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$916
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$873
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$831
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$414
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1150
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$777
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1062
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1132
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$926
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$795
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$737
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$758
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$999

Cities near Hyderabad, India

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Secunderabad	$391
87 km or 54 mi	Mahbubnagar	$343
92 km or 57 mi	Nalgonda	$266
138 km or 86 mi	Warangal	$337
139 km or 86 mi	Karimnagar	$345
150 km or 93 mi	Nizamabad	$301
173 km or 108 mi	Gulbarga	$254
178 km or 110 mi	Kurnool	$338
179 km or 111 mi	Khammam	$264
190 km or 118 mi	Ramagundam	$329
210 km or 130 mi	Nandyal	$341
230 km or 143 mi	Latur	$385
231 km or 143 mi	Adoni	$376
232 km or 144 mi	Nanded	$321
242 km or 150 mi	Guntur	$276
247 km or 154 mi	Vijayawada	$346
263 km or 163 mi	Tenali	$287
264 km or 164 mi	Chirala	$306
268 km or 166 mi	Ongole	$334
273 km or 169 mi	Solapur	$282
290 km or 180 mi	Eluru	$292
293 km or 182 mi	Proddatur	$359
299 km or 186 mi	Bijapur	$319
312 km or 194 mi	Anantapur	$346
314 km or 195 mi	Machilipatnam	$315
321 km or 200 mi	Hospet	$262
325 km or 202 mi	Kadapa	$367
355 km or 221 mi	Rajahmundry	$295
363 km or 226 mi	Nellore	$533
401 km or 249 mi	Kakinada	$291
404 km or 251 mi	Amravati	$301
405 km or 252 mi	Akola	$286
407 km or 253 mi	Hindupur	$347
418 km or 260 mi	Sangli	$282
422 km or 262 mi	Davanagere	$282
424 km or 264 mi	Madanapalle	$334
426 km or 265 mi	Tirupati	$322
426 km or 265 mi	Nagpur	$548
427 km or 265 mi	Hubli	$349
431 km or 268 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296