Chisinau vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chisinau	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$969	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2309	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$535	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$933	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$357	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	52	45
😀 Quality of life	62	69
🏙️ Population	567K	1.08M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 18% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5780th and 6663rd ($969 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5599th and 4272nd 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	$8.77	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.4	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1012	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.02	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.99%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2614	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1942	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.74	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.44	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.42	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.04	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$443	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6332	$6976

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$789
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$690
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$572
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$774
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$954
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$855
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1048
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$799
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$809
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$823
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$727
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$694
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$641
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$807
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$840
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$906
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$857
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$874
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$870
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$834
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$801
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$701
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$409
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1120
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$771
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1041
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1119
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$896
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$725
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$716
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$722
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$995

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553