Bishkek vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$380	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	50
😀 Quality of life	52	48
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.57M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 21% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6826th and 7787th ($713 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Kyrgyzstan and Iran, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 6118th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Shiraz

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	Bishkek	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$2161

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723