Adelaide vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	42
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.08M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 190% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1686th and 6947th ($2117 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 4th in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 65th and 4595th 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	$15.1	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$5235

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525