Chisinau vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$505	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	51	93
😀 Quality of life	57	87
🏙️ Population	639K	1.38M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 41% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6080th and 3363rd ($892 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Moldova vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5665th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Prague

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	Chisinau	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120