Chisinau vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$505	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$5531
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	51	87
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	639K	1.39M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 74% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6080th and 36th ($892 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 5665th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs San Diego

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	Chisinau	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759