Chisinau vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$505	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	54
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	639K	1.26M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 21% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 6080th and 6742nd ($892 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 21st in Moldova and Russia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 5665th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Kazan

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	Chisinau	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867