Chisinau vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$505	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$559
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	51	22
😀 Quality of life	57	21
🏙️ Population	639K	2.45M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 3% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 6080th and 6195th ($892 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Moldova vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 5665th and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Ouagadougou

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	Chisinau	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$15761

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867

Cities near Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882