Bishkek vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$985
🏠 One person rent	$380	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$441
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	62
😀 Quality of life	52	52
🏙️ Population	1.15M	3.38M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 95% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 6826th and 9042nd ($713 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 56th in Kyrgyzstan and India, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 6118th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Lucknow

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	Bishkek	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$1654

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292