Chisinau vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$5689
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$2480
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$674
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$3017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	51	78
😀 Quality of life	59	87
🏙️ Population	639K	936K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 61% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 5968th and 950th ($947 vs $2447) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Moldova and Israel, respectively. Check Moldova vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 6039th and 351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Jerusalem

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	Chisinau	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$24.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$81.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$18.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$9.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$2738
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$14293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$9538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$3.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$99.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$23696

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850