Baku vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baku	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$316	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	43
😀 Quality of life	60	64
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Baku is 0.6% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6590th and 6565th ($766 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Baku ranked 1st best city to live in Azerbaijan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5270th and 4554th 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	$8.9	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$409	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$936	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.09%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1010	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.5	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.69	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.82	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.25	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6252	$5487

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Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$707
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$634
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$676
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$608
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$627
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$618
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$618
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$607
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$827
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$481
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$967
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$622
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$961
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$534
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$535
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$552
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$658
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$576
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$553
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$767
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$660
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$466
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$813
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1094
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1016
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1199
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$573
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$697
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$618
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1081
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$419
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$833
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$608
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$557
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$458
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$990
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$645

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512