Bishkek vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$2007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4961
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$2044
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$235
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$3346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	84
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.91M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 64% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 6826th and 1818th ($713 vs $2007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 6118th and 40th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Hamburg City

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	Bishkek	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$83.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1071
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$755
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$2236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1550
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$318
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$8190
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$5824
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$52.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$8.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$233
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$24460

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321