Bishkek vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$398	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$4361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	44	52
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	1.19M	140K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 77% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 6893rd and 88th ($743 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Iceland, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 6164th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Reykjavik

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	Bishkek	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242