Chisinau vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$505	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	51	94
😀 Quality of life	57	83
🏙️ Population	639K	1.86M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 44% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6080th and 3022nd ($892 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Poland, respectively. Check Moldova vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5665th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Warsaw

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	Chisinau	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385