Chisinau vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$4749
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	82
😀 Quality of life	57	88
🏙️ Population	639K	468K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 63% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6080th and 972nd ($892 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 892nd in Moldova and the United States, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 5665th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chisinau	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682