Chisinau vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$528	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	43
😀 Quality of life	59	61
🏙️ Population	639K	1.4M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 9% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5968th and 6373rd ($947 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Mongolia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6039th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Chisinau	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600