Addis Ababa vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Addis Ababa	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1103	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2584	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$604	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1197	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.2	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	43
😀 Quality of life	40	64
🏙️ Population	5.23M	1.08M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 42% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4928th and 6525th ($1103 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Ethiopia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6957th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Nur-Sultan

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	Addis Ababa	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.55	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.04	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.31	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$618	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.6	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.04	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2736	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2013	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.93	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.97	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.38	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.9	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.68	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.28	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.8	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3443	$6243

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$810
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$814
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$590
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$626
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$946
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$671
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$554
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$527
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$686
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$584
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$684
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$553
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$490
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$524
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$492
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$491
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$988
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$489
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$514
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$502
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$509
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$851
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$504
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$513
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$711
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$491
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$491
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$520
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$550
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$868
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$889
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$579
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$535
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$902

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595