Chisinau vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$505	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	51	21
😀 Quality of life	57	40
🏙️ Population	639K	6.71M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 0.9% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6080th and 6043rd ($892 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 5665th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Yancheng

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	Chisinau	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984