Bishkek vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$376	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	43	29
😀 Quality of life	51	44
🏙️ Population	1.15M	6.17M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 8% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 6863rd and 6548th ($710 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 45th in Kyrgyzstan and China, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 6133rd and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Maoming

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	Bishkek	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$18483

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014