Bern vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bern	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2381	$713
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6677	$1726
🏠 One person rent	$1185	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$2375	$727
🍽️ Food expenses	$829	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$34
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6312	$385
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	80	43
😀 Quality of life	94	52
🏙️ Population	135K	1.15M

The cost of living in Bern is 234% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 987th and 6826th ($2381 vs $713) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 42nd and 1st in Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check Switzerland vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.7 months in Bern compared to 0.5 months in Bishkek. Bern ranked 8th best city to live in Switzerland vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 36th and 6118th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bern vs Bishkek infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bern/bishkek.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bern vs Bishkek infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bern/bishkek" target="_blank">Bern vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bern vs Bishkek

Prices for goods and services in Bern and Bishkek are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bern	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.7	$5.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$16.9	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.52	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.64	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.62	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1326	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$326
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2668	$897
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1931	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$19.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$252	$30.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.51%	19.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13401	$1273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11590	$929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.31	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$41	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.88	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.7	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.9	$5.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$42.1	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$1.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.83	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.2	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.8	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.7	$3.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$131	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$156	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2981	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27477	$3972

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2457
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2481
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2331
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2470
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$2637
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$2658
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$2891
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$2931
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$2897
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2252
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$2717
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$2643
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3088
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1286
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3234
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1447
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1442
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1434
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$2732
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$1950
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$2738
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$3426
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3099
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3059
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$2970
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$2934
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1360
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1249
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3037
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$2976
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1472
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3296
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$2873
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$2974
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861

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