Chisinau vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$528	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	66
😀 Quality of life	59	88
🏙️ Population	639K	1.25M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 33% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5968th and 4204th ($947 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Moldova and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Moldova vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6039th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Sharjah

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	Chisinau	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$6883

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483