Bishkek vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$398	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	44	42
😀 Quality of life	57	68
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.08M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 2% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6893rd and 6947th ($743 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6164th and 4595th 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	$6.84	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525