Chisinau vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$505	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	46
😀 Quality of life	57	55
🏙️ Population	639K	2.96M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 5% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6080th and 6253rd ($892 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Moldova vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5665th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Tashkent

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	Chisinau	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785