Bishkek vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$398	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	44	96
😀 Quality of life	57	73
🏙️ Population	1.19M	13.3M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 48% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6893rd and 4141st ($743 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6164th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Moscow

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	Bishkek	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$15272

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$501
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$613
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$615
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$787
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$884
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$532
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$573
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$629
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$762
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$445
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$451
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$562
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$648
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$680
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$651
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$525
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$754
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$618
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$626
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$844
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$620
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$468
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$600
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$650
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$603
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$625
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$480
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$559
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$658
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$614
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$555
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$544
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$712
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$674
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$475

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772