Bishkek vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$380	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	52	93
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.8M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 62% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6826th and 2225th ($713 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in Kyrgyzstan and Canada, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 6118th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Montreal

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	Bishkek	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692