Bishkek vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$380	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	60
😀 Quality of life	52	56
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.42M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 41% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6826th and 8600th ($713 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6118th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Kharkiv

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	Bishkek	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549