Adelaide vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	45
😀 Quality of life	93	68
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.08M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 219% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1210th and 7085th ($2338 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 7th in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 73rd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Nur-Sultan

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	Adelaide	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$6043

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537