Baku vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baku	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$796	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$340	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.7	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$509	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	42
😀 Quality of life	64	68
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Baku is 9% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6681st and 6947th ($796 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 5390th and 4595th 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	$8.88	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.59	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$777	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.6	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.32%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1173	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.42	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.85	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.56	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.21	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.74	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.58	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.8	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6646	$5235

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Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$725
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$632
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$604
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$605
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$630
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$627
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$629
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$613
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$809
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$484
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$968
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$547
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$968
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$472
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$633
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$497
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$552
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$511
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$564
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$488
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$691
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$643
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$426
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$736
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1081
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1035
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1181
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$502
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$719
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$582
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1068
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1059
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$402
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$852
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$633
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$530
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$372
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$1001
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$598

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