Chisinau vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$505	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	51	72
😀 Quality of life	57	90
🏙️ Population	639K	1.06M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 15% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6080th and 5132nd ($892 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 324th in Moldova and Japan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 5665th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Sendai

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	Chisinau	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$5986

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034