Chisinau vs Luxembourg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Luxembourg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$2776
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$6075
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1866
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$3059
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$5130
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	29
😀 Quality of life	59	89
🏙️ Population	639K	136K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 66% less expensive than in Luxembourg City. Cities ranked 5968th and 433rd ($947 vs $2776) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Luxembourg, respectively. Check Moldova vs Luxembourg comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.8 months in Luxembourg City. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Luxembourg City ranked 1st in Luxembourg, while ranked 6039th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Luxembourg City

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	Chisinau	Luxembourg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$82.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$6.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$1856
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1583
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$3349
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$2590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$174
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$54.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	3.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$12143
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$8764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$41.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$34.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$4.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$25.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$8.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$59
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$32.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$1477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$16342

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689