Bishkek vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$380	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	43	68
😀 Quality of life	52	46
🏙️ Population	1.15M	2.1M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 78% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6826th and 8953rd ($713 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 6118th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Rawalpindi

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	Bishkek	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272