Chisinau vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$505	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$971
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	51	29
😀 Quality of life	57	44
🏙️ Population	639K	6.17M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 18% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 6080th and 6647th ($892 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 39th in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 5665th and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Maoming

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	Chisinau	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$17434

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936