Chisinau vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$482	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$408
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	43
😀 Quality of life	57	55
🏙️ Population	639K	1.4M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 3% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6200th and 6109th ($876 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Moldova and Mongolia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5629th and 5802nd 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	$7.06	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$7750

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$875
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$568
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$741
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$575
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$617
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$629
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1005
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$684
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$581
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$644
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1380
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$676
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$646
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$637
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$447
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$806
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$729
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$605
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$648
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$602
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$561
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$619
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$574
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$573
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$601
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$603
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$515
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$628
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$502
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$577
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$589
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$760
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$537
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$623
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1067
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$629
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$594