Amman vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$384	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	45
😀 Quality of life	73	69
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.08M

The cost of living in Amman is 25% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5330th and 6663rd ($1032 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Jordan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2337th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/amman/nur-sultan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Amman vs Nur-Sultan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/amman/nur-sultan" target="_blank">Amman vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Amman vs Nur-Sultan

Prices for goods and services in Amman and Nur-Sultan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Amman	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$6976

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553