Chisinau vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$505	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	76
😀 Quality of life	57	55
🏙️ Population	639K	1.59M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 21% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 6080th and 6734th ($892 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Moldova and Iran, respectively. Check Moldova vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 5665th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Karaj

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	Chisinau	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$823

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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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554