Bishkek vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$380	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	49
😀 Quality of life	52	58
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.63M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 2% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6826th and 6907th ($713 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th 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 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 6118th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Novosibirsk

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	Bishkek	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648