Chisinau vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 08, 2025

	Chisinau	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$957	$1358
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2254	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$534	$795
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$40	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1702
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	51	96
😀 Quality of life	60	76
🏙️ Population	639K	13.3M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 30% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6058th and 4384th ($957 vs $1358) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Russia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.3 months in Moscow. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5582nd and 1270th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Moscow

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	Chisinau	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.09	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.4	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$4.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$535	$1100
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$390	$598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$977	$1971
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$684	$1083
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$86.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.68	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.28%	24.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2372	$9003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1733	$3928
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$5.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.85	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.25	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.9	$40.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.73	$6.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$7.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$384	$682
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7312	$14735

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$850
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$895
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$539
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$685
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$856
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$826
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$952
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$797
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$809
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$885
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$880
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$691
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$588
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$849
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$911
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$762
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$893
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$860
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$879
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$801
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$561
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$867
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$542
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$737
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$417
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1065
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$767
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$512
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$539
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1038
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1115
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$806
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$439
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$702
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$781
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$975

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1012
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1033
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$967
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$937
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$811
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1000
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$900
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$824
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$593
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$735
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$856
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$672
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$669
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$686
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$630
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$665
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$683
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$719
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$564
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$578
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$488
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$916
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$579
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$663
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$660
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$506
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$849
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$553
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$501
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$500
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$738
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$554
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$465
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$494
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$754
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$746