Bishkek vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bishkek	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$757	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1788	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$409	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$723	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	44	8
😀 Quality of life	56	48
🏙️ Population	1.19M	24.7K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 54% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6948th and 3471st ($757 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6280th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Victoria

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	Bishkek	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.86	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.7	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.73	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$625	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.9	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.67%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1674	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.79	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.95	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.05	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.6	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.55	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.88	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.8	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$215	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6484	$8971

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$503
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$616
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$621
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$866
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$974
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$533
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$580
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$636
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$842
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$477
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$447
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$561
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$653
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$679
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$565
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$575
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$562
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$736
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$661
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$619
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$827
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$609
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$505
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$590
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$635
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$585
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$564
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$521
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$575
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$653
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$556
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$553
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$557
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$735
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$692
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$484

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419