Bishkek vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$398	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$608
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	44	70
😀 Quality of life	57	65
🏙️ Population	1.19M	10.6M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 47% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 6893rd and 8645th ($743 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 489th in Kyrgyzstan and China, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.2 months in Shijiazhuang. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 6164th and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Shijiazhuang

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	Bishkek	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$4870

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707