Antwerp vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$1741
🏠 One person rent	$893	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$32.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$352
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	43
😀 Quality of life	89	51
🏙️ Population	529K	1.15M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 148% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 2671st and 6863rd ($1762 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Belgium and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 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 176th and 6133rd 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	$19.6	$5.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$1.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$323
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$897
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	18.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$1190
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$896
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$6.51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$3.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$5.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$7.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$5.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$1.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$1.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$4.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$6319

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1611
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1709
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1616
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1619
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1442
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1545
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1693
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1514
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1779
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1958
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1602
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1761
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1712
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1799
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1587
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2046
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1750
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1723
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1660
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1645
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1611
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1701
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1911

Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$681
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$673
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$645
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$838
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$941
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$653
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$661
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$666
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$791
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$461
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$567
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$419
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$527
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$473
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$469
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$654
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$596
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$429
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$628
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$663
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$816
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$660
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$519
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$666
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$671
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$658
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$630
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$532
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$735
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$667
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$617
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$468
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$599
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$672
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$664
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$530