Chisinau vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$505	$302
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$795
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$653
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	40
😀 Quality of life	57	63
🏙️ Population	639K	573K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 27% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 6080th and 6866th ($892 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Morocco, respectively. Check Moldova vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.9 months in Rabat. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Rabat ranked 1st in Morocco, while ranked 5665th and 4758th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Rabat

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	Chisinau	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1030
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$23.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$36.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	4.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$1598
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$7.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$9.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$5.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$26.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$4.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$93.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$140
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$5394

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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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$536
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$619
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$558
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$652
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$850
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$486
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$435
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$533
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$502
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$679
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1196
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1141
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$889
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1359
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$687
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1358
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$489
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1395
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2040
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$893
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1291
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1263
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1353
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1373
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1081
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1165
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1124
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1415
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1950
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1430