Bishkek vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bishkek	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$710	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1741	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$376	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.1	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	8
😀 Quality of life	51	58
🏙️ Population	1.15M	24.7K

The cost of living in Bishkek is 54% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6863rd and 3466th ($710 vs $1552) 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 0.5 months in Victoria. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6133rd and 5469th 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	$5.93	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.11	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$323	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.35%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1190	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$896	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.51	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.86	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.32	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.58	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.78	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.12	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$235	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6319	$8081

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$681
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$673
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$645
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$838
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$941
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$653
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$661
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$666
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$791
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$461
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$567
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$419
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$527
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$473
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$469
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$654
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$596
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$429
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$628
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$663
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$816
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$660
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$519
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$666
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$671
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$658
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$630
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$532
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$735
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$667
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$617
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$468
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$599
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$672
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$664
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$530

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482