Chisinau vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chisinau	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$969	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2309	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$535	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$933	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$357	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	99
😀 Quality of life	62	94
🏙️ Population	567K	2.1M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 61% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5780th and 964th ($969 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Moldova and France, respectively. Check Moldova vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5599th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Paris

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	Chisinau	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.77	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.4	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$550	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1012	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.02	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.99%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2614	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1942	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.74	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.44	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.42	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.04	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$443	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6332	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506