Amman vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$713
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1726
🏠 One person rent	$386	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$727
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$34
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$385
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	64	43
😀 Quality of life	68	52
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.15M

The cost of living in Amman is 39% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 5535th and 6826th ($994 vs $713) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Bishkek. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 3048th and 6118th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Bishkek

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	Amman	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$5.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$326
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$897
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$19.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$30.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	19.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$5.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$7.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$1.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$3.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$3972

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$667
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$607
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$785
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$881
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$623
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$637
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$652
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$749
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$441
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$477
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$430
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$538
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$591
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$626
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$619
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$569
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$444
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$624
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$613
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$853
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$613
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$501
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$614
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$615
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$623
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$610
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$512
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$543
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$613
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$601
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$507
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$531
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$605
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$602
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$472