Adelaide vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	43
😀 Quality of life	94	64
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.08M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 157% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1894th and 6565th ($1978 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 3rd in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 46th and 4554th 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	$14.9	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$5487

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512