Bishkek vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$376	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	95
😀 Quality of life	51	87
🏙️ Population	1.15M	4.04M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 33% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6863rd and 5212th ($710 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kyrgyzstan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6133rd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs New Taipei

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	Bishkek	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605