Chisinau vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$2561
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	51	78
😀 Quality of life	57	85
🏙️ Population	639K	936K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 58% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6080th and 1551st ($892 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Moldova and Israel, respectively. Check Moldova vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 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 5665th and 374th 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	$8.05	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$17799

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511