Chisinau vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$505	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	51	98
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	639K	1.97M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 52% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6080th and 2270th ($892 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Moldova and Austria, respectively. Check Moldova vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5665th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Vienna

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	Chisinau	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987