Chisinau vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$505	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	20
😀 Quality of life	57	66
🏙️ Population	639K	1.41M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 27% less expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 6080th and 4439th ($892 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5665th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Medina

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	Chisinau	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$7421

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905