Chisinau vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$505	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	63
😀 Quality of life	57	50
🏙️ Population	639K	14.9M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 102% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 6080th and 8872nd ($892 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Moldova and Pakistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5665th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Karachi

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	Chisinau	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552