Brisbane vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	45
😀 Quality of life	98	68
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.08M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 210% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1349th and 7085th ($2269 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3rd and 4594th 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	$15.5	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$6043

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537