Bishkek vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$380	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	53
😀 Quality of life	52	44
🏙️ Population	1.15M	2.11M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 48% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 6826th and 8745th ($713 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 6118th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Medan

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	Bishkek	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501