Chisinau vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$482	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$3414
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	99
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	639K	2.15M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 63% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6200th and 998th ($876 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Moldova and France, respectively. Check Moldova vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5629th and 22nd 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	$7.06	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$18941

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395