Bishkek vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$380	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$2064
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	52	78
🏙️ Population	1.15M	594K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 34% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 6826th and 4951st ($713 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 211th 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 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 6118th and 653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Kawaguchi

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	Bishkek	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$14573

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124