Baltimore vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baltimore	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2287	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5428	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2370	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4207	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	97	43
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	586K	1.08M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 197% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1182nd and 6565th ($2287 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1076th and 3rd in the United States and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United States vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Baltimore compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Baltimore ranked 24th best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 131st and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Nur-Sultan

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	Baltimore	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.2	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.37	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.16	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1496	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1104	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2801	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2120	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1975	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.58	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1264	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22681	$5487

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2500
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2584
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2760
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2299
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2909
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2499
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2727
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2961
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2640
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2566
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2548
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2596
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2777
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2425
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3149
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$2893
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2791
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2856
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2210
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2389
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2617
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2309
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2498
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2513
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1979
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2786
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2696
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2197
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2085
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3174
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2033
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2539
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2250
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2640
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2217
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2149

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