Bishkek vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bishkek	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$2323
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1868	$5585
🏠 One person rent	$431	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$766	$2525
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$586
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$4313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	66
😀 Quality of life	53	97
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.71M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 66% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 6825th and 1241st ($789 vs $2323) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Kyrgyzstan and Australia, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bishkek compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 6437th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

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

Prices in Bishkek vs Brisbane

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

	Bishkek	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.87	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.9	$71.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.78	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$8.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$509	$1733
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$909	$3028
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$660	$2142
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$98.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.6	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$54.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.19%	5.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1669	$8341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1152	$5970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.4	$2.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$5.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.47	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$9.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.76	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$5.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$4.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$24.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.67	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$61.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$221	$2164
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7494	$13265

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913