Chisinau vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$505	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	50
😀 Quality of life	57	48
🏙️ Population	639K	1.57M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 52% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6080th and 7787th ($892 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th in Moldova and Iran, respectively. Check Moldova vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5665th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Shiraz

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	Chisinau	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723