Chisinau vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$416
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$962
🏠 One person rent	$528	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$264
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$160
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$156
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	51	68
😀 Quality of life	59	50
🏙️ Population	639K	2.1M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 128% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5968th and 8945th ($947 vs $416) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Moldova and Pakistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Rawalpindi ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 6039th and 6592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Rawalpindi

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	Chisinau	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$1.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$138
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$63.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$114
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	21.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$9.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$4.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$1.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$1.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$8.86
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$3.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$2.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$12.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$43.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$764

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$443
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$344
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$277
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$354
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$265
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$351
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$320
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$364
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$334
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$376
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$363
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$311
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$302
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$372
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$316
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$333
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$427
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$354
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$294
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$351
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$303
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$380
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$350
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$393
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$291
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$337
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$401
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$458
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$362
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$347
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$421
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$403
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$396
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$373
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$270