Bishkek vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$376	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	95
😀 Quality of life	51	63
🏙️ Population	1.15M	11.5M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 30% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6863rd and 5616th ($710 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Brazil, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 6133rd and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bishkek vs Sao Paulo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bishkek/sao-paulo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bishkek vs Sao Paulo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bishkek/sao-paulo" target="_blank">Bishkek vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bishkek vs Sao Paulo

Prices for goods and services in Bishkek and Sao Paulo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bishkek	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.93	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$13135

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$681
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$673
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$645
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$838
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$941
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$653
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$661
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$666
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$791
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$461
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$567
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$419
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$527
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$473
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$469
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$654
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$596
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$429
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$628
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$663
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$816
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$660
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$519
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$666
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$671
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$658
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$630
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$532
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$735
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$667
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$617
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$468
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$599
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$672
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$664
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$530

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629