The analytics service Numbeo has compiled a sample from its data on the cost of living in the world’s largest cities, using the capital of Moldova as a baseline. In other words, prices in Chișinău are set at 100 per cent; where there is a plus sign, prices are higher, and where there is a minus sign, they are lower.
|
City |
Restaurants | Rent |
Groceries |
|
London |
+115% | +334% |
+118% |
|
Dubai |
+67% | +277% |
+51% |
|
New York |
+137% | +586% |
+221% |
|
Berlin |
+64% | +124% |
+96% |
|
Barcelona |
+49% | +140% |
+81% |
|
Tokyo |
-14% | +87% |
+77% |
|
Rio de Janeiro |
-22% | +3% |
+2% |
Thus, restaurants in Chișinău are more expensive than in Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. In all other respects, the cost of living in Moldova is currently lower than in the largest cities of the US, the UK, the UAE, Germany, Spain, Japan and Brazil.
Using the Numbeo database, we have independently compared Chișinău with Bucharest.
The cost of living in Bucharest is 13.9 per cent higher than in Chișinău (excluding rent).
The cost of living in Bucharest (including rent) is 8.7% higher than in Chișinău.
Rent in Bucharest is 7.1% lower than in Chișinău.
Prices in restaurants in Bucharest are 26.3% higher than in Chișinău.
Food prices in Bucharest are 20.9% higher than in Chișinău
Local purchasing power in Bucharest is 48.8% higher than in Chișinău.
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