Chisinau vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$482	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$501
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	45
😀 Quality of life	57	54
🏙️ Population	639K	2.96M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 7% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6200th and 6377th ($876 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 5629th and 5908th 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	$7.06	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$9093

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838