Chisinau vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Chisinau	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$967	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$539	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$921	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.4	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$344	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	52	48
😀 Quality of life	62	63
🏙️ Population	567K	1.47M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 8% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5911th and 5278th ($967 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Moldova and Russia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5736th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Yekaterinburg

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	Chisinau	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.5	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$538	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$963	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.86	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2719	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.64	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.13	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$419	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7425	$7937

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688