Alexandria vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	43
😀 Quality of life	48	64
🏙️ Population	4.87M	1.08M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 59% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 9165th and 6565th ($316 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 3rd in Egypt and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6367th and 4554th 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	$3.49	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$5487

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$268
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$288
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$301
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$300
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$307
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$417
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$318
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$335
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$276
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$325
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$295
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$319
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$272
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$339
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$640
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1742
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1732
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1684
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1837
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1686
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1551
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$290
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1884
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1471
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1834
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1811
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2156
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232

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