Chisinau vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$505	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	37
😀 Quality of life	57	73
🏙️ Population	639K	6.44K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 44% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 6080th and 3109th ($892 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Moldova and Malta, respectively. Check Moldova vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 5665th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Valletta

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	Chisinau	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348