Chisinau vs Luanda - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Luanda
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$482	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1436
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$1662
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	51	19
😀 Quality of life	57	54
🏙️ Population	639K	2.49M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 14% less expensive than in Luanda. Cities ranked 6200th and 5518th ($876 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Moldova and Angola, respectively. Check Moldova vs Angola comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.6 months in Luanda. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Luanda ranked 1st in Angola, while ranked 5629th and 5940th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Luanda

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	Chisinau	Luanda
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$5.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$57.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$7.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$2497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$59.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$90
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$133
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	24.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$14404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$3193
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$5.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$7.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$5.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$0.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$4.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$3.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$158
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$12561

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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 Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$869
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$793
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$803
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$821
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$686
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$705
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$736
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$801
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$578
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$652
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$531
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$531
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$529
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1041
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$589
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$852
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$531
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$723
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$902
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$761
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$932
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$702
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$810
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$815
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$878
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1201
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$879
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$766
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$947
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$764
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$833
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$488
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$812
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1368
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$710
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$939