Chisinau vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$539	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$3958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	52	60
😀 Quality of life	62	88
🏙️ Population	567K	246K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 47% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5911th and 2713th ($967 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1895th 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 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Louisville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 5736th and 333rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Louisville

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	Chisinau	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$16074

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$796
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$826
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$686
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$561
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$807
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1049
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$871
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1042
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$806
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$841
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$864
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$792
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$704
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$635
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$773
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$869
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$950
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$740
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$910
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$916
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$873
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$831
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$414
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1150
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$777
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1062
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1132
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$926
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$795
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$737
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$758
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$999

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011