Chisinau vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$505	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	51	96
😀 Quality of life	57	74
🏙️ Population	639K	13.1M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 28% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6080th and 4359th ($892 vs $1244) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5665th and 1187th 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	$8.05	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592