Chisinau vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$1341
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$3192
🏠 One person rent	$482	$726
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$1594
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	61
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	639K	581K

The cost of living in Chisinau is 35% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 6200th and 4248th ($876 vs $1341) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Moldova and Lithuania, respectively. Check Moldova vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 1.2 months in Vilnius. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 5629th and 531st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chisinau	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.06	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$8.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$741
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$527
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$920
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$5601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$3443
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$53.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$82.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$97
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$570
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$8624

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$856
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$871
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1191
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$950
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$886
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$902
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$390
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$899
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1061
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$717
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$999
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$946
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1057
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$563
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1002
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$856
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$817
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$916
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1377
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$437
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$527
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$437
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$298
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$893
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1029
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$467
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$931
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$923
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1406