Bishkek vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$2833
🏠 One person rent	$380	$407
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$775
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$1516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	57
😀 Quality of life	52	68
🏙️ Population	1.15M	788K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 32% less expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 6826th and 5196th ($713 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 365th in Kyrgyzstan and Japan, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Hamamatsu ranked 452nd in Japan, while ranked 6118th and 3129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Hamamatsu

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	Bishkek	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	0.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$4341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$2562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$7.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$15100

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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 Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$981
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$971
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$919
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$976
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$860
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$983
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$961
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$908
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$969
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$966
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$925
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$940
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$948
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$931
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1010
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$984
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$998
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$932
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$985
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$990
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1016
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1008
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1015
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$977
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1003
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$991
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1013
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$995
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1010
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$985
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1016
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$981