Almaty vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Almaty	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2223	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$464	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$873	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	54
😀 Quality of life	66	60
🏙️ Population	2.23M	1.26M

The cost of living in Almaty is 20% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 6143rd and 6742nd ($881 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Kazakhstan and Russia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Almaty compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Almaty ranked 1st best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 4016th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Almaty vs Kazan

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	Almaty	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.16	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.7	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.12%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1799	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.77	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.12	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.2	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.9	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12609	$4497

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Cities near Almaty

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kaskelen	$785
68 km or 42 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$652
72 km or 45 mi	Kapchagay	$749
139 km or 86 mi	Tokmok	$667
171 km or 107 mi	Kant	$674
194 km or 121 mi	Bishkek	$713
215 km or 134 mi	Naryn	$637
229 km or 142 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
357 km or 222 mi	Toktogul	$607
360 km or 224 mi	Aksu	$610
363 km or 226 mi	Yining	$543
389 km or 242 mi	Talas	$623
398 km or 247 mi	Artux	$619
413 km or 256 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
427 km or 265 mi	Balkhash	$624
429 km or 267 mi	Kashgar	$634
451 km or 280 mi	Taraz	$441
452 km or 281 mi	Bole	$531
455 km or 283 mi	Osh	$477
471 km or 293 mi	Andijan	$430
472 km or 293 mi	Aral	$601
499 km or 310 mi	Namangan	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Margilan	$591
530 km or 329 mi	Fergana	$626
605 km or 376 mi	Shymkent	$569
631 km or 392 mi	Konibodom	$613
633 km or 393 mi	Chirchiq	$444
633 km or 393 mi	Tacheng	$512
637 km or 396 mi	Wusu	$562
655 km or 407 mi	Kuytun	$571
664 km or 413 mi	Tashkent	$853
670 km or 417 mi	Istiklol	$613
679 km or 422 mi	Kentau	$501
683 km or 424 mi	Ghafurov	$614
684 km or 425 mi	Karamay	$460
685 km or 425 mi	Buston	$615
688 km or 427 mi	Khujand	$623
701 km or 435 mi	Turkistan	$512
731 km or 454 mi	Hotan	$627
742 km or 461 mi	Shihezi	$662

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867