Chisinau vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$919
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$1997
🏠 One person rent	$482	$572
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	30
😀 Quality of life	57	26
🏙️ Population	639K	6.87M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 5% less expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 6200th and 6082nd ($876 vs $919) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Moldova and Myanmar, respectively. Check Moldova vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.3 months in Yangon. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Yangon ranked 2nd in Myanmar, while ranked 5629th and 8533rd 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	$7.06	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$23.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$3.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$871
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$431
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1016
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$707
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$27.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$41.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$1438
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$312
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$9.19
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$8.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$0.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$1.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$0.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$3.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$8.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$1.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$484
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$10024

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

Cities near Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$783
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$792
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$612
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$690
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$655
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$617
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$593
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$570
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$739
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$759
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$613
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$994
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$787
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$786
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$588
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$676
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$758
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$800
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$564
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$773
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1168
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$555
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$608
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$703
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$599
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$312
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$633
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$626