Chisinau vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	51	90
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	639K	1.51M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 59% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6080th and 1352nd ($892 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Germany, respectively. Check Moldova vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5665th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Munich

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	Chisinau	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560