Chisinau vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$528	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	51	46
😀 Quality of life	59	60
🏙️ Population	639K	1.2M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 7% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5968th and 6322nd ($947 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Moldova and Russia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6039th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Chisinau	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758