Bishkek vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$398	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	44	46
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.2M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 16% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6893rd and 6322nd ($743 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6164th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bishkek	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758