Chisinau vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$505	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	80
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	639K	737K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 70% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 6080th and 158th ($892 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 5665th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Seattle

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	Chisinau	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093