Chisinau vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$2370
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$4796
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1614
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$2550
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$3215
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	92
😀 Quality of life	57	92
🏙️ Population	639K	718K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 62% less expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 6080th and 1006th ($892 vs $2370) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in Moldova and Canada, respectively. Check Moldova vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.4 months in Mississauga. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Mississauga ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 5665th and 89th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Mississauga

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	Chisinau	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$70.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1607
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$8197
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$6621
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$92.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$498
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$10536

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081