Bishkek vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$3700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	87
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	1.15M	776K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 64% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 6826th and 1863rd ($713 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 6118th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Frankfurt

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	Bishkek	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$14496

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595