Brisbane vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	45
😀 Quality of life	97	69
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.08M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 182% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1241st and 6663rd ($2323 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 4th in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3rd and 4272nd 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	$15.8	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$6976

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553