Chisinau vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$884
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$2142
🏠 One person rent	$539	$421
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$738
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	52	48
😀 Quality of life	62	61
🏙️ Population	567K	1.64M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 9% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 5911th and 6431st ($967 vs $884) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 30th 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 1 months in Novosibirsk. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Novosibirsk ranked 11th in Russia, while ranked 5736th and 5802nd 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	$8.07	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$8.44
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	20.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$2533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$1532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$4.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$6.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$25
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$66.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$4901

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$796
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$826
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$686
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$561
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$807
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1049
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$871
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1042
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$806
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$841
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$864
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$792
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$704
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$635
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$773
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$869
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$950
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$740
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$910
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$916
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$873
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$831
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$414
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1150
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$777
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1062
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1132
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$926
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$795
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$737
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$758
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$999

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$772
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$720
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$737
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$719
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$808
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$576
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$571
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$553
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$595
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$791
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$834
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$880
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$530
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$564
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$550
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$813
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$747
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$537
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$487
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$661
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$969
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$701
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$557
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$543
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$592
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$600
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$694
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$575
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$531
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$547
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$690
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$532
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$842
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891