Travel Money Index

Your USD goes further in Moldova

+6.1% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,122.19 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 35,845 MDL

That is 2,064 MDL more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $115.15 today.

MDL per 1 USD Then 16.89 · Today 17.92
1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Moldova

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

1,300 MDL a night
1 more night
Costs you today
$72.53
Cost you 1 year ago
$76.97
Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

2,300 MDL a night
$7.84 less a night
Costs you today
$128.33
Cost you 1 year ago
$136.17
Eat Big Mac price

Fast-food meal

80 MDL a Big Mac
25 more Big Macs
Costs you today
$4.46
Cost you 1 year ago
$4.74
Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

760 MDL a dinner
2 more dinners
Costs you today
$42.41
Cost you 1 year ago
$45.00
Do Estimate

Museum entry

240 MDL a ticket
8 more tickets
Costs you today
$13.39
Cost you 1 year ago
$14.21
Do Estimate

Guided day tour

1,200 MDL a tour
1 more tour
Costs you today
$66.96
Cost you 1 year ago
$71.05
Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

550 MDL a ride
3 more rides
Costs you today
$30.69
Cost you 1 year ago
$32.56
Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

450 MDL a ticket
4 more tickets
Costs you today
$25.11
Cost you 1 year ago
$26.64

Rate history

MDL per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

18.06 17.34 16.61 October 2025 Today
Rate 1 year ago
A price ofCosts you todayCost you 1 year ago
200 MDL$11.16$11.84
1,000 MDL$55.80$59.20
5,000 MDL$278.98$296.02
20,000 MDL$1,115.92$1,184.10

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)