Bishkek vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$380	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	43
😀 Quality of life	52	64
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.08M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 7% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6826th and 6565th ($713 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6118th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Nur-Sultan

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	Bishkek	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512