Amsterdam vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amsterdam	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7127	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$2073	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$3318	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$659	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$265	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4747	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	45
😀 Quality of life	95	69
🏙️ Population	921K	1.08M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 284% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 138th and 6663rd ($3165 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in the Netherlands and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Amsterdam ranked 3rd best city to live in the Netherlands vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 24th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Nur-Sultan

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	Amsterdam	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.6	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.81	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2259	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1723	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3695	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2790	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.65%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11141	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7428	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.8	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.47	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.2	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.84	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.7	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.06	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.6	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$98	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2748	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20104	$6976

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2185
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2755
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2399
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2564
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2296
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2283
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2608
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2389
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2407
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1477
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2148
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2491
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2424
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2026
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2659
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$2053
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2104
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2662
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2341
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2077
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2159
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2220
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$2253
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1942
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2040
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2082
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2152
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2166
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2112
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2247

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