Belgrade vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$717	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	42
😀 Quality of life	74	68
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.08M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 83% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4408th and 6947th ($1335 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Serbia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2116th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Nur-Sultan

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	Belgrade	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$5235

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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