Chisinau vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$505	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	51	28
😀 Quality of life	57	41
🏙️ Population	639K	6.23M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 36% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 6080th and 7175th ($892 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 100th in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 5665th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Xinyang

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	Chisinau	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$8587

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558