Antwerp vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$713
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1726
🏠 One person rent	$832	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$727
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$34
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$385
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	43
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	529K	1.15M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 130% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 2896th and 6826th ($1640 vs $713) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.5 months in Bishkek. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 203rd and 6118th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Bishkek

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	Antwerp	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$5.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$326
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$897
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$19.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$30.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	19.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$1273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$7.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$3.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$3972

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

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