Chisinau vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$505	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	51	38
😀 Quality of life	57	76
🏙️ Population	639K	767K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 29% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 6080th and 4331st ($892 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Moldova and Croatia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 5665th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Zagreb

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	Chisinau	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747