Bishkek vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bishkek	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$653	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1601	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$347	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$657	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.8	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$328	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	65
😀 Quality of life	53	88
🏙️ Population	1.12M	555K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 54% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7174th and 3786th ($653 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 426th in Kyrgyzstan and Germany, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 6097th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Dresden

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	Bishkek	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.3	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.35	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.96	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$410	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$294	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$565	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.7	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.5	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.09%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1073	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$768	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.17	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.77	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.35	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.41	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.59	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.35	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.9	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.69	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.02	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.8	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.9	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5913	$10601

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303