Chisinau vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$2258
🏠 One person rent	$482	$282
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$610
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$469
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$37.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$267
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	51	1
😀 Quality of life	57	22
🏙️ Population	639K	65.5K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 0.2% less expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 6200th and 6193rd ($876 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Moldova and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Moldova vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 5629th and 8799th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Sao Tome

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	Chisinau	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$195
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$496
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$39.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$61
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	7.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$1459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$6.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$24.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$6.54
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$3.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$19.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$17.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$4.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$31.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$66.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$120
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$3719

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$879
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$702
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1201
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$812
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$710
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$655
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1368
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$638
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$374
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$933
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1686
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$906
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$886
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$1036
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$846
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$764
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$537
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$469
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$794
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$714
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$658
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1133
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$635
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$578
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$755
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$774
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$759
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$704
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$531
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$711
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$699
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$686
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$531
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$531
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$617