Chisinau vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$3146
😷 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 61% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6080th and 1222nd ($892 vs $2267) 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 0.7 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 5665th and 25th 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	$8.05	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293