Chisinau vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$482	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	51	29
😀 Quality of life	57	13
🏙️ Population	639K	4.27M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 46% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6200th and 7801st ($876 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Moldova and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5629th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Kabul

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	Chisinau	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$1452

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487