Chisinau vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chisinau	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$969	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2309	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$535	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$933	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$357	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	52	56
😀 Quality of life	62	91
🏙️ Population	567K	526K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 45% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5780th and 2992nd ($969 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Moldova and Germany, respectively. Check Moldova vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 5599th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Nuremberg

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	Chisinau	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.77	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.4	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1012	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.02	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.99%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2614	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1942	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.74	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.44	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.42	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.04	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$443	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6332	$19685

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729