Chisinau vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$1449
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$3571
🏠 One person rent	$482	$688
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1289
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$499
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$2807
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	72
😀 Quality of life	57	92
🏙️ Population	639K	616K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 40% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 6200th and 3925th ($876 vs $1449) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 535th in Moldova and Germany, respectively. Check Moldova vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Leipzig ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 5629th and 80th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Leipzig

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	Chisinau	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$56.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$4.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$681
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$454
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$965
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$4637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$2606
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$62.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$19.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$6.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$8.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$30.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$36.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$86.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$87.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$10026

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1347
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1349
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1360
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1320
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1342
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1365
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1273
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1365
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1345
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1384
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1170
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1306
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1210
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1376
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1330
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1191
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1393
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1095
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1306
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1231
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1387
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1379
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1354
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1386
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1211
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1215
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1387
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1367
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1386
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1413
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261