Chisinau vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$505	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	51	54
😀 Quality of life	57	66
🏙️ Population	639K	8.78M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 38% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6080th and 7256th ($892 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 5665th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Quanzhou

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	Chisinau	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936