Bishkek vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$1619
🏠 One person rent	$376	$325
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	54
😀 Quality of life	51	60
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.26M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 9% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 6863rd and 7255th ($710 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Kazan ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 6133rd and 5204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Kazan

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	Bishkek	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$5.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$51.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$79.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$5.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	12.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$2473
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$1732
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$5.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$6.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$6.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$4.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$8.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$87.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$4225

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$513
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$620
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$522
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$376
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$463
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$514
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$567
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$559
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$484
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$518
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$498
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$519
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$530
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$616
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$507
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$503
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$508
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$515
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$660
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$539
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$480
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$623
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$633
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$531
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$797