Beirut vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$623	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	43
😀 Quality of life	62	63
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.08M

The cost of living in Beirut is 47% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4447th and 6335th ($1195 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Lebanon and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5118th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Nur-Sultan

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	Beirut	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$8086

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$982
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$882
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$770
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$665
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$633
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$583
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1622
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1570
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1617
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1447
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1622
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1427
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1567
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1467
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1689
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1660
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$528
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$625
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1593
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$480
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$602
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$1962
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$436
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1850

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