Chisinau vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$482	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$3717
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	51	91
😀 Quality of life	57	94
🏙️ Population	639K	1.51M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 62% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6200th and 1056th ($876 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 5629th 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	$7.06	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$19483

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668