Bishkek vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$380	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	84
😀 Quality of life	52	81
🏙️ Population	1.15M	3.03M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 20% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 6826th and 6071st ($713 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Kyrgyzstan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 6118th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Taichung

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	Bishkek	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671