Chisinau vs Kananga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Kananga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2536
🏠 One person rent	$505	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$990
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$194
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$816
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	51	5
😀 Quality of life	57	14
🏙️ Population	639K	1.97M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 9% less expensive than in Kananga. Cities ranked 6080th and 5651st ($892 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Moldova and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Moldova vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.8 months in Kananga. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Kananga ranked 5th in the DR Congo, while ranked 5665th and 9075th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Chisinau vs Kananga

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

	Chisinau	Kananga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$7.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$505
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$648
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$4060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$95.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$8.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$4.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$7.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$3.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$56.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$88.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$3312

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Kananga

Distance	City	Cost of living
129 km or 80 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
165 km or 103 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
191 km or 119 mi	Tshikapa	$934
193 km or 120 mi	Gandajika	$828
413 km or 257 mi	Kikwit	$876
505 km or 314 mi	Kindu	$746
630 km or 392 mi	Kolwezi	$975
711 km or 442 mi	Luena	$634
736 km or 457 mi	Likasi	$961
746 km or 464 mi	Kalemie	$747
775 km or 482 mi	Kisangani	$910
791 km or 492 mi	Uvira	$803
804 km or 499 mi	Bukavu	$759
809 km or 502 mi	Mbandaka	$850
809 km or 503 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
809 km or 503 mi	Cyangugu	$496
814 km or 506 mi	Brazzaville	$580
815 km or 507 mi	Bujumbura	$719
832 km or 517 mi	Bubanza	$648
838 km or 520 mi	Makamba	$647
842 km or 523 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
845 km or 525 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
865 km or 538 mi	Rutana	$648
869 km or 540 mi	Kinkala	$520
873 km or 543 mi	Gitega	$651
876 km or 544 mi	Kibuye	$479
882 km or 548 mi	Ngozi	$648
888 km or 551 mi	Gisenyi	$381
889 km or 552 mi	Butare	$413
899 km or 559 mi	Bumba	$806
901 km or 560 mi	Nyanza	$518
906 km or 563 mi	Ruyigi	$648
920 km or 571 mi	Mansa	$776
936 km or 582 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
937 km or 582 mi	Muyinga	$650
949 km or 590 mi	Chingola	$875
951 km or 591 mi	Kigali	$771
960 km or 597 mi	Gamboma	$522
972 km or 604 mi	Byumba	$613
977 km or 607 mi	Mufulira	$1018