Bishkek vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$4848
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1146
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$3562
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	94
😀 Quality of life	51	96
🏙️ Population	1.15M	626K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 65% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 6863rd and 1833rd ($710 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th in Kyrgyzstan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.8 months in Glasgow. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6133rd and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bishkek	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$9.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$1254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$2451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	5.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$3909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$3280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$3.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$80.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$19.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$3.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$1167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$12979

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$681
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$673
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$645
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$838
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$941
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$653
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$661
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$666
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$791
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$461
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$567
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$419
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$527
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$473
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$469
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$654
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$596
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$429
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$628
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$663
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$816
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$660
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$519
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$666
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$671
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$658
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$630
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$532
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$735
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$667
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$617
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$468
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$599
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$672
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$664
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$530

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364