Bishkek vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$398	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	44	28
😀 Quality of life	57	39
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.69M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 11% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 6893rd and 7287th ($743 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Syria, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 6164th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Damascus

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	Bishkek	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$1711

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$501
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$613
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$615
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$787
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$884
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$532
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$573
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$629
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$762
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$445
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$451
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$562
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$648
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$680
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$651
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$525
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$754
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$618
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$626
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$844
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$620
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$468
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$600
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$650
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$603
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$625
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$480
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$559
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$658
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$614
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$555
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$544
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$712
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$674
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$475

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108