Chisinau vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$5199
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$2330
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$3953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	56
😀 Quality of life	59	89
🏙️ Population	639K	950K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 57% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 5968th and 1415th ($947 vs $2222) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1218th in Moldova and the United States, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.8 months in Jacksonville. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Jacksonville ranked 88th in the United States, while ranked 6039th and 278th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Chisinau vs Jacksonville infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/chisinau/jacksonville.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chisinau vs Jacksonville infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chisinau/jacksonville" target="_blank">Chisinau vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chisinau vs Jacksonville

Prices for goods and services in Chisinau and Jacksonville are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Chisinau	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$6.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$1437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1090
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$2539
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$1973
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$2396
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$65.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$4.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$3.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$8.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$1315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$11123

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2192
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2104
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2107
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2161
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2335
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2099
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2190
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1919
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2160
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2282
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2247
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2358
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2294
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2335
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1482
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2152
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2255
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2304
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2336
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2351
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2320
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2378
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2357
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2317
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2433
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2473
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2220
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2057
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2290
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2664
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2579
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1806