Bishkek vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$376	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$574
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$554
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	49
😀 Quality of life	51	58
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.63M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 9% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6863rd and 7298th ($710 vs $649) 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 8th in Russia, while ranked 6133rd and 5501st 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	$5.93	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$698
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$6.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	11.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$1841
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$2.86
⛽ 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	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$8.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$7.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$6.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$3.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$3795

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585