Bishkek vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$376	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	51	55
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.21M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 11% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6863rd and 7383rd ($710 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th 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 6133rd and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bishkek	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$5245

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519