Bishkek vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$380	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	52	60
🏙️ Population	1.15M	1.47M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 7% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6826th and 6596th ($713 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 6118th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Yekaterinburg

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	Bishkek	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.73	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658