Beirut vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$1868
🏠 One person rent	$641	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$766
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	74	44
😀 Quality of life	63	53
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.19M

The cost of living in Beirut is 83% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 4177th and 6825th ($1441 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 0.2 months in Bishkek. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 5483rd and 6437th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Bishkek

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	Beirut	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$6.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$5.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$909
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$28.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$43.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	20.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$1669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$1152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$11.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$8.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$3.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$7494

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

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