Brussels vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$553
😷 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 136% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2354th and 6565th ($1816 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 190th and 4554th 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	$18.9	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$5487

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512