Abu Dhabi vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4670	$1868
🏠 One person rent	$1489	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$2612	$766
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.8	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2773	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	51	44
😀 Quality of life	85	53
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.19M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 170% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 1650th and 6825th ($2133 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.2 months in Bishkek. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 424th and 6437th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Bishkek

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	Abu Dhabi	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.11	$6.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$5.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1728	$509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1197	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$909
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$28.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$43.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	20.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4681	$1669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8556	$1152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$11.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.63	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.55	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.22	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$3.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14421	$7494

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2470
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1543
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1455
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2356
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1173
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2100
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$2015
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$797
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1082
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1062
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1218
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1193
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$494
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$965
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1059
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$497
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$778
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$917
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$521
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$505
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$454
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$457
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$485
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$471
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$530
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$514
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$700
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$559
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$459
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1628
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$469

Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$500
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$636
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$646
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$899
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$1014
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$601
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$656
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$488
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$570
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$471
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$572
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$669
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$688
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$514
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$518
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$587
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$759
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$687
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$610
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$842
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$599
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$535
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$583
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$622
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$576
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$521
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$549
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$579
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$645
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$513
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$568
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$572
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$773
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$704
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$497