Chisinau vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$505	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$707
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	51	24
😀 Quality of life	57	38
🏙️ Population	639K	7.82M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 21% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6080th and 6735th ($892 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 5665th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Shangqiu

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	Chisinau	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$17921

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529