Chisinau vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$505	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$261
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	51	69
😀 Quality of life	57	49
🏙️ Population	639K	1.01M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 102% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 6080th and 8870th ($892 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Pakistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 5665th and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Islamabad

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	Chisinau	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$2961

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369