Birmingham vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$713
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1726
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$727
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$34
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$385
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	94	52
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.15M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 173% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6826th ($1951 vs $713) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.5 months in Bishkek. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 35th and 6118th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Bishkek

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	Birmingham	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$5.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$326
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$897
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$19.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$30.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	19.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$5.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$7.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$1.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$3.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$3972

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

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