Bishkek vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$380	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	52	50
🏙️ Population	1.15M	3M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 40% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 6826th and 8574th ($713 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 84th in Kyrgyzstan and Iran, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 6118th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Mashhad

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	Bishkek	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788