Bishkek vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$380	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	43	98
😀 Quality of life	52	93
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.97M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 61% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6826th and 2270th ($713 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kyrgyzstan and Austria, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6118th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Vienna

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	Bishkek	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987