Bishkek vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$809
🏠 One person rent	$398	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	44	47
😀 Quality of life	57	43
🏙️ Population	1.19M	1.97M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 122% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6893rd and 9121st ($743 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 6164th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Peshawar

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	Bishkek	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684