Amsterdam vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$1747
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$398
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$699
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$35.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$362
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	95	44
😀 Quality of life	96	57
🏙️ Population	921K	1.19M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 320% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 143rd and 6893rd ($3118 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.5 months in Bishkek. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 31st and 6164th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Amsterdam	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$450
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$339
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$792
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$615
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$37.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	20.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$1533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$1076
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$11.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$7.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$1.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$47.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$4.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$3.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$41.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$207
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$5611

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$501
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$613
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$615
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$787
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$884
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$532
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$573
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$629
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$762
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$445
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$451
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$562
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$648
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$680
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$651
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$525
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$754
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$618
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$626
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$844
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$620
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$468
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$600
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$650
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$603
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$625
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$480
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$559
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$658
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$614
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$555
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$544
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$712
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$674
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$475