Alexandria vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Alexandria	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$400	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1034	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$103	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$176	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$175	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$139	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	45
😀 Quality of life	56	68
🏙️ Population	5.36M	1.08M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 45% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8976th and 7085th ($400 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6248th and 4594th 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	$4.25	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.48	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$130	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.1	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$240	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$128	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.92	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.8	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.1%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$728	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$494	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.5	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.02	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.75	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.06	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.7	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.4	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$139	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$89.4	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2136	$6043

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$341
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$282
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$294
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$343
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$361
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$335
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$343
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$351
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$443
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$506
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$394
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$323
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$402
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$319
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$340
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$300
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$297
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$288
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$356
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$776
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$2022
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1993
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1936
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$2145
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1962
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1831
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$283
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$2172
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1700
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$2031
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$2066
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2449
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537