Bishkek vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bishkek	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$653	$1869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1601	$4554
🏠 One person rent	$347	$1085
🏘️ Family rent	$657	$1927
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.8	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$328	$3070
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	53	89
🏙️ Population	1.12M	189K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 65% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 7174th and 2147th ($653 vs $1869) 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 6097th and 148th 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	$5.46	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.3	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.35	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.96	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$410	$968
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$294	$834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$1848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$565	$1555
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.7	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.5	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$55.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.09%	3.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1073	$4416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$768	$3736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.17	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.77	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.35	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$4.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.41	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.59	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.35	$8.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.69	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.02	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.8	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.9	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$978
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5913	$23098

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$560
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$398
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$529
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$935
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$1051
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$532
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$504
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$488
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$878
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$479
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$475
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$434
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$558
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$479
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$488
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$658
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$671
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$651
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$416
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$641
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$674
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$785
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$682
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$564
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$680
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$682
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$692
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$633
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$582
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$738
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$672
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$623
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$473
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$641
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$638
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$647
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$562

Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650