Bishkek vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$3416
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	45
😀 Quality of life	52	80
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.19M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 60% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 6826th and 2449th ($713 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Qatar, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 6118th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Doha

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	Bishkek	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$11200

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904