Alexandria vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Alexandria	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$495	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1302	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$164	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$351	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$149	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	43
😀 Quality of life	51	63
🏙️ Population	4.87M	1.08M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 39% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8536th and 6335th ($495 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th in Egypt and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Alexandria compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Alexandria ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6224th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Nur-Sultan

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	Alexandria	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.31	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.46	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$486	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$273	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.4	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$716	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.74	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.49	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.22	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.1	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.84	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.57	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.8	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.5	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3745	$8086

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$393
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$450
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$446
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$490
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$472
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$549
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$513
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$418
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$494
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$384
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$478
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$468
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$470
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$366
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$455
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$657
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1725
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1703
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1671
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1848
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1687
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1400
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$421
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1826
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1523
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1776
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1701
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2113
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651