Chisinau vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$482	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$574
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$554
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	49
😀 Quality of life	57	58
🏙️ Population	639K	1.63M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 35% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6200th and 7298th ($876 vs $649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 26th 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 Novosibirsk. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Novosibirsk ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 5629th and 5501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Novosibirsk

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	Chisinau	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$698
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$6.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	11.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$1841
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$2.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$8.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$7.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$6.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$3.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$3795

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585