Chisinau vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$539	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$3726
😷 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 46% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5911th and 2945th ($967 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 5736th and 150th 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	$8.07	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$17866

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767