Adelaide vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	45
😀 Quality of life	92	69
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.08M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 186% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1178th and 6663rd ($2355 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 75th and 4272nd 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	$15.8	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$6976

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553