Bishkek vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$380	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	72
😀 Quality of life	52	92
🏙️ Population	1.15M	620K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 53% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 6826th and 3353rd ($713 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 271st in Kyrgyzstan and Germany, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 6118th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Leipzig

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	Bishkek	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307