Bishkek vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Houston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$5664
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1305
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$2467
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$581
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$4390
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	52	91
🏙️ Population	1.15M	2.3M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 69% less expensive than in Houston. Cities ranked 6826th and 1229th ($713 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1115th in Kyrgyzstan and the United States, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.9 months in Houston. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Houston ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 6118th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bishkek vs Houston infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bishkek/houston.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bishkek vs Houston infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bishkek/houston" target="_blank">Bishkek vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bishkek vs Houston

Prices for goods and services in Bishkek and Houston are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bishkek	Houston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$76
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$5.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1390
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$1037
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$2766
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$2058
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$65.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$2714
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$1949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$71.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$9.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$3.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$37.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$127
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$18964

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182