Chisinau vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$539	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	52	99
😀 Quality of life	62	96
🏙️ Population	567K	2.11M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 61% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5911th and 916th ($967 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.6 months in Paris. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5736th and 14th 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	$8.07	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544