Chisinau vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$505	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	51	92
😀 Quality of life	57	86
🏙️ Population	639K	2.75M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 48% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 6080th and 2624th ($892 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Italy, respectively. Check Moldova vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 5665th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Rome

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	Chisinau	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201