Chisinau vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$505	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	51	99
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	639K	3.9M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 72% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6080th and 80th ($892 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 71st in Moldova and the United States, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 5665th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Los Angeles

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	Chisinau	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919