Chisinau vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chisinau	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$810	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1981	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$428	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$798	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.6	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$587	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	51	46
😀 Quality of life	58	56
🏙️ Population	639K	1.25M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 36% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6354th and 7706th ($810 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 38th in Moldova and Russia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 5671st and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chisinau	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.79	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.82	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.71	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$734	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$552	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1487	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.67	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.85	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3791	$5368

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$767
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$820
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$464
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$487
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$783
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1111
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$802
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$839
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$976
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$730
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$737
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$557
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$670
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$758
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$743
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$683
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$748
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$746
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$704
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$758
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$401
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$928
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$739
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$898
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$962
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$868
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$678
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$654
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$701
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$846

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511