Brussels vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	196K	1.08M

The cost of living in Brussels is 151% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1988th and 6525th ($1958 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Belgium and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 173rd and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Nur-Sultan

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	Brussels	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$6243

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1712
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1799
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1723
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1911
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1701
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1636
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1708
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1619
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1696
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1661
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1693
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1660
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1779
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1761
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1595
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1630
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1616
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1555
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1611
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1514
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1598
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1616
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1545
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1667
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1709
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1560
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1762

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