Chisinau vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$629
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$1732
🏠 One person rent	$539	$231
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$389
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$89.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$147
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	52	30
😀 Quality of life	62	45
🏙️ Population	567K	6.87M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 54% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 5911th and 7720th ($967 vs $629) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Myanmar, respectively. Check Moldova vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.2 months in Yangon. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 5736th and 7263rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Yangon

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	Chisinau	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$2.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$326
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$262
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$42.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$19.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$2130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$9.98
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$6.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$8.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$1.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$1.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$2.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$2.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$16.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$3.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$71.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$302
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$17353

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$796
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$826
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$686
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$561
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$807
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1049
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$871
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$1042
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$806
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$841
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$864
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$792
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$704
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$635
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$773
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$869
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$950
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$740
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$910
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$916
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$873
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$831
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$414
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1150
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$777
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1062
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1132
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$926
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$795
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$737
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$758
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$999

Cities near Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$592
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$695
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$593
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$614
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$780
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$709
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$730
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$546
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$571
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$626
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$658
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$562
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$788
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$710
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$789
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$656
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$550
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$1027
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$833
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$829
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$528
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$784
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$823
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$874
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$610
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$846
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1056
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$581
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1082
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$621
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1269
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$768
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$358
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$629
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$610