Baku vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Baku	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$753	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1976	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$307	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.3	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$458	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	43
😀 Quality of life	59	63
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Baku is 8% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6560th and 6335th ($753 vs $814) 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 5476th and 4845th 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	$8.6	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.37	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$228	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$934	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.3	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.02%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1780	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$892	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.7	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.03	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.68	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.95	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.58	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.45	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5868	$8086

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Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$685
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$553
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$612
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$471
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$561
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$531
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$419
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$546
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$823
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$475
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$884
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$772
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$878
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$530
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$497
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$547
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$627
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$1148
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$622
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$719
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$734
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$645
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$451
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$833
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$968
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1085
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1187
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$692
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$690
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$595
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$990
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$691
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$386
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$583
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$778
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$497
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$519
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$434
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$616

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651