Chisinau vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$505	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	51	100
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	639K	1.8M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 52% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6080th and 2225th ($892 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 51st 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 1.5 months in Montreal. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 5665th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Montreal

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	Chisinau	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692