Chisinau vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	60
😀 Quality of life	57	87
🏙️ Population	639K	246K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 51% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6080th and 2336th ($892 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 5665th and 299th 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	$8.05	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974