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Bishkek vs Fethiye

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Under balanced weights Fethiye edges it, 59 to 54, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Bishkek is stronger on nothing outright; Fethiye on quality of life. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 7.1 of 54 points (scores 57/100)Healthcare: 8.3 of 54 points (scores 66/100)Internet: 5.4 of 54 points (scores 43/100)Visa ease: 9.3 of 54 points (scores 75/100)Getting there & around: 7.0 of 54 points (scores 56/100)Climate: 5.2 of 54 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 6.6 of 54 points (scores 53/100)Quality of life: 4.8 of 54 points (scores 38/100)54
Bishkek
out of 100

Cheap Central Asian capital with mountains at the door

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Cost of living: 7.4 of 59 points (scores 66/100)Safety: 5.9 of 59 points (scores 53/100)Healthcare: 8.1 of 59 points (scores 73/100)Internet: 5.6 of 59 points (scores 50/100)Visa ease: 8.1 of 59 points (scores 73/100)Getting there & around: 5.9 of 59 points (scores 53/100)Climate: 5.6 of 59 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 6.6 of 59 points (scores 59/100)Quality of life: 6.4 of 59 points (scores 57/100)59
Fethiye
out of 100

Turquoise Coast harbour town and base for the Lycian Way

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricBishkekFethiye
Cost of livingno data66
Safety57 ✓53
Healthcare6673 ✓
Internet4350 ✓
Visa ease75 ✓73
Getting there & around56 ✓53
Climate4250 ✓
Air quality5359 ✓
Quality of life3857 ✓

Cost

MetricBishkekFethiye
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$850
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricBishkekFethiye
Homicides per 100k4.72.41 ✓
Political stability (0–100)65.3 ✓50.2
UHC service coverage (0–100)7477 ✓
Life expectancy72.2 yrs75.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricBishkekFethiye
Download7.5 Mbps13.4 Mbps ✓
Upload7.8 Mbps ✓5.2 Mbps

Visa

MetricBishkekFethiye
Nomad visaDigital Nomad status (DN visa)Digital nomad visa
Minimum income for the visa$417/mo ✓$3,000/mo
Entry, US passport60 days90 days ✓
Entry, EU passport60 days90 days ✓
Entry, UK passport60 days90 days ✓

Getting there and around

MetricBishkekFethiye
Non-stop airport destinations3747 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2

Climate and air

MetricBishkekFethiye
Comfortable months per year56 ✓
Annual mean PM2.526.1 µg/m³23.3 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Bishkek or Fethiye?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Bishkek or Fethiye safer?
Bishkek scores higher on safety (57 vs 53), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Bishkek or Fethiye?
Fethiye: a measured median of 13.4 Mbps versus 7.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.