Chisinau vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$2094
🏠 One person rent	$528	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$87.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$563
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	51	38
😀 Quality of life	59	48
🏙️ Population	639K	6.98M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 20% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 5968th and 6706th ($947 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 26th in Moldova and China, respectively. Check Moldova vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Zhanjiang ranked 170th in China, while ranked 6039th and 6786th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Zhanjiang

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	Chisinau	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$52.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$9.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$4390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$2662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$4.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$5.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$5.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$32.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$9.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$39.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$16727

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$773
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$780
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$677
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$726
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$590
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$693
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$816
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$827
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$809
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$829
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$551
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$518
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$758
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$568
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1746
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$589
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$559
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$662
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$574
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$766
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$777
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$562
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$662
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$878
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2414
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$558
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$556
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$765
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$546
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$574