Bishkek vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	99
😀 Quality of life	52	95
🏙️ Population	1.15M	2.15M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 69% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6826th and 1222nd ($713 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and France, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6118th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Paris

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	Bishkek	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293