Amsterdam vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	42
😀 Quality of life	96	68
🏙️ Population	921K	1.08M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 328% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 143rd and 6947th ($3118 vs $729) 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 31st and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Amsterdam	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$5235

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525