Chisinau vs Khulna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Khulna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$303
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$792
🏠 One person rent	$505	$81.8
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$174
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$151
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$29.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$192
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	57 km
🎓 Higher education	51	38
😀 Quality of life	57	43
🏙️ Population	639K	929K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 194% more expensive than in Khulna. Cities ranked 6080th and 9203rd ($892 vs $303) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Moldova and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Moldova vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.6 months in Khulna. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Khulna ranked 3rd in Bangladesh, while ranked 5665th and 6683rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Chisinau vs Khulna

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

	Chisinau	Khulna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$1.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$7.42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$0.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$57.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$36.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$166
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$110
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$21.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$33.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$19.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$8.17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$2.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$1.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$9.24
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$1.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$53.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$25.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$1380

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Khulna

Distance	City	Cost of living
52 km or 32 mi	Jessore	$289
85 km or 53 mi	Barisal	$287
108 km or 67 mi	Rajarhat	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
116 km or 72 mi	Naihati	$328
116 km or 72 mi	Bhatpara	$337
117 km or 73 mi	North Dumdum	$337
119 km or 74 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
119 km or 74 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
120 km or 74 mi	Chandannagar	$327
120 km or 75 mi	South Dumdum	$345
122 km or 76 mi	Barrackpore	$329
122 km or 76 mi	Panihati	$338
122 km or 76 mi	Kamarhati	$336
123 km or 76 mi	Baranagar	$333
124 km or 77 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
124 km or 77 mi	Uttarpara	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Serampore	$330
124 km or 77 mi	Shantipur	$294
125 km or 78 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
125 km or 78 mi	Bally	$331
128 km or 80 mi	Kolkata	$404
130 km or 81 mi	Howrah	$332
130 km or 81 mi	Barasat	$350
132 km or 82 mi	Narayanganj	$309
132 km or 82 mi	Dhaka	$430
153 km or 95 mi	Uluberia	$341
159 km or 99 mi	Maheshtala	$360
169 km or 105 mi	Narsingdi	$295
176 km or 110 mi	Haldia	$394
181 km or 112 mi	Bardhaman	$314
195 km or 121 mi	Berhampore	$304
198 km or 123 mi	Rajshahi	$274
203 km or 126 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
209 km or 130 mi	Agartala	$367
227 km or 141 mi	Bogra	$280
231 km or 144 mi	Midnapore	$292
232 km or 144 mi	Mymensingh	$264
235 km or 146 mi	Kharagpur	$283
239 km or 149 mi	Chittagong	$351