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Iceland vs. Kyrgyzstan Cost of Living Summary

Iceland is 4.9 times more expensive than Kyrgyzstan overall.

Restaurants: pay 5.0 times more in Iceland
Groceries: pay 4.5 times more in Iceland
Transportation: pay 4.9 times more in Iceland
Housing: pay 6.3 times more in Iceland
Childcare: pay 5.3 times more in Iceland
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.0 times more in Iceland
Clothing: pay 3.0 times more in Iceland

The cost of housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, and groceries in Iceland are more expensive than in Kyrgyzstan. Notably, housing, childcare, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Iceland.

Iceland vs. Kyrgyzstan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Iceland instead of Kyrgyzstan, you would:

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pay 5.0 times more for restaurants

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.96 KGS433.33	$26.52 ISK3,363	+435.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.15 KGS625.00	$21.32 ISK2,703	+198.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.71 KGS62.22	$3.11 ISK394	+337.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 KGS33.53	$2.72 ISK345	+609.3%
Average			+395.0%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.5 times more for groceries

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Bread 1 loaf	$0.35 KGS30.46	$3.80 ISK482	+991.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.45 KGS301.80	$9.44 ISK1,197	+173.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.57 KGS312.24	$7.78 ISK986	+117.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.61 KGS141.14	$6.71 ISK851	+315.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.85 KGS161.84	$11.22 ISK1,423	+506.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.35 KGS30.30	$1.50 ISK190	+331.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.71 KGS61.66	$1.15 ISK145	+62.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 KGS84.93	$1.41 ISK179	+45.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 KGS46.49	$2.34 ISK297	+340.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.26 KGS22.44	$1.65 ISK209	+541.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.21 KGS18.43	$1.09 ISK139	+418.7%
Average			+349.6%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.9 times more for transportation

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.09 KGS270.13	$9.65 ISK1,224	+212.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.84 KGS1,035.00	$79.56 ISK10,090	+572.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,303.03 KGS2,650,000.00	$49,144.25 ISK6,232,473	+62.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.17 KGS277.00	$25.55 ISK3,241	+706.8%
Average			+388.4%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of transportation

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pay 6.3 times more for housing

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.52 KGS832.78	$95.65 ISK12,130	+904.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$365.69 KGS31,979.79	$2,289.17 ISK290,312	+526.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$261.21 KGS22,842.84	$1,830.04 ISK232,086	+600.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$31.84 KGS2,784.30	$65.15 ISK8,262	+104.6%
Average			+533.9%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of housing

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pay 5.3 times more for childcare

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$169.45 KGS14,818.18	$334.67 ISK42,442	+97.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,568.00 KGS312,021.88	$30,711.08 ISK3,894,779	+760.7%
Average			+429.1%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of childcare

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pay 5.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.30 KGS113.33	$11.14 ISK1,413	+759.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.98 KGS173.21	$5.62 ISK713	+184.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.89 KGS165.00	$13.90 ISK1,762	+636.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.68 KGS3,207.94	$78.17 ISK9,914	+113.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.12 KGS360.00	$16.75 ISK2,125	+307.0%
Average			+400.1%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.0 times more for clothing

	Kyrgyzstan	Iceland
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$29.45 KGS2,575.00	$130.91 ISK16,601	+344.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.03 KGS3,238.46	$61.83 ISK7,841	+67.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.65 KGS6,702.94	$163.81 ISK20,775	+113.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.94 KGS5,416.67	$237.31 ISK30,096	+283.1%
Average			+202.1%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Iceland - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: November 2025

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