Chisinau vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$528	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	42
😀 Quality of life	59	68
🏙️ Population	639K	1.08M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 30% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5968th and 6947th ($947 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Moldova and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6039th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Nur-Sultan

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	Chisinau	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525