Bishkek vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4478
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1024
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$1880
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$85.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$2931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	52	89
🏙️ Population	1.15M	196K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 61% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 6826th and 2354th ($713 vs $1816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Belgium, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Belgium comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.6 months in Brussels. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Brussels ranked 1st in Belgium, while ranked 6118th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Brussels

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	Bishkek	Brussels
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$76.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$5.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$973
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$770
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1489
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$4675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$4207
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$8.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$94.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$975
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$19505

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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

Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640