Chisinau vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$528	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	51	30
😀 Quality of life	59	33
🏙️ Population	639K	4.27M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 107% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5968th and 8842nd ($947 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Moldova and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6039th and 8609th 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	$8.01	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$1486

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439