Bishkek vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	83
😀 Quality of life	52	93
🏙️ Population	1.15M	633K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 64% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6826th and 1961st ($713 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Kyrgyzstan and Germany, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 6118th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Stuttgart

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	Bishkek	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581