Chisinau vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$505	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	51	68
😀 Quality of life	57	46
🏙️ Population	639K	2.1M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 122% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6080th and 8953rd ($892 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Moldova and Pakistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 5665th and 6500th 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	$8.05	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272