Chisinau vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$505	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	72
😀 Quality of life	57	92
🏙️ Population	639K	620K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 41% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 6080th and 3353rd ($892 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 271st 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 1.8 months in Leipzig. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 5665th and 87th 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	$8.05	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307