Brisbane vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	43
😀 Quality of life	97	64
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.08M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 219% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 781st and 6525th ($2491 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 15th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Nur-Sultan

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	Brisbane	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$6243

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

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