Bern vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bern	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2512	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6867	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$1268	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2589	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$860	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6657	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	80	43
😀 Quality of life	95	64
🏙️ Population	135K	1.08M

The cost of living in Bern is 222% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 743rd and 6525th ($2512 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 5th in Switzerland and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Switzerland vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.6 months in Bern compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Bern ranked 6th best city to live in Switzerland vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 33rd and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bern	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.7	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.7	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.39	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.78	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1341	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$956	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2706	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2140	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.54%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14168	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12333	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.3	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$42.3	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.71	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.9	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$29.8	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$45.5	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.04	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$22.9	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$151	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.9	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$138	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$165	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2516	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22088	$6243

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Cities near Bern

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.5 km or 2.2 mi	Koniz	$2592
25 km or 16 mi	Thun	$2646
26 km or 16 mi	Biel/Bienne	$2517
28 km or 17 mi	Fribourg	$2738
40 km or 25 mi	Neuchatel	$2424
43 km or 27 mi	Interlaken	$2746
48 km or 30 mi	Bulle	$2823
50 km or 31 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2373
64 km or 40 mi	Kriens	$2989
64 km or 40 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2940
66 km or 41 mi	Lucerne	$3068
66 km or 41 mi	Emmen	$3020
67 km or 42 mi	Aarau	$2207
67 km or 42 mi	Allschwil	$2843
69 km or 43 mi	Basel	$2741
70 km or 44 mi	Montreux	$3257
71 km or 44 mi	Saint-Louis	$1399
72 km or 45 mi	Riehen	$3415
73 km or 45 mi	Rheinfelden	$1551
73 km or 45 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1538
76 km or 47 mi	Lorrach	$1531
77 km or 48 mi	Lausanne	$2890
80 km or 50 mi	Sion	$2052
80 km or 50 mi	Renens	$2871
85 km or 53 mi	Zug	$3627
86 km or 54 mi	Baar	$3320
87 km or 54 mi	Baden	$3206
88 km or 55 mi	Wettingen	$3135
88 km or 55 mi	Dietikon	$3048
88 km or 55 mi	Belfort	$1384
89 km or 56 mi	Mulhouse	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Altstetten	$3139
94 km or 58 mi	Horgen	$3163
95 km or 59 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1559
95 km or 59 mi	Zurich	$3392
98 km or 61 mi	Wadenswil	$3145
102 km or 63 mi	Dubendorf	$3129
104 km or 65 mi	Bulach	$3013
106 km or 66 mi	Uster	$3057
109 km or 68 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3011

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595