Chisinau vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$482	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	51	95
😀 Quality of life	57	87
🏙️ Population	639K	4.04M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 17% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6200th and 5212th ($876 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Moldova and Taiwan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5629th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs New Taipei

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	Chisinau	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605