Baku vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Baku	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$776	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1963	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$320	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$582	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$292	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$484	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	43
😀 Quality of life	59	64
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Baku is 0.5% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6540th and 6525th ($776 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Azerbaijan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baku compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Baku ranked 1st best city to live in Azerbaijan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5306th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baku vs Nur-Sultan

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	Baku	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.36	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.2	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.58	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.53	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$927	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$407	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.39%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1887	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$931	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.8	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.14	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.77	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.26	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.1	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.92	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6255	$6243

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Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$720
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$639
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$686
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$618
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$632
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$621
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$587
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$609
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$837
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$481
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$1050
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$941
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$1051
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$559
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$498
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$578
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$585
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$1610
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$582
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$907
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$791
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$474
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$845
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1190
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1046
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1298
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$844
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$807
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$627
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1173
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1160
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$425
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$916
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$584
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$550
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$468
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$1052
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$659

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595