Chisinau vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$528	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$4436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	51	78
😀 Quality of life	59	90
🏙️ Population	639K	689K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 62% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 5968th and 832nd ($947 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 741st in Moldova and the United States, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 6039th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Nashville

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	Chisinau	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$30339

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508