Bishkek vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$376	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$173
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	63
😀 Quality of life	51	49
🏙️ Population	1.15M	14.9M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 66% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 6863rd and 8915th ($710 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 6133rd and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Karachi

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	Bishkek	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$1146

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548