Brussels vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$626
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	189K	1.08M

The cost of living in Brussels is 130% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2147th and 6335th ($1869 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 148th and 4845th 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	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$8086

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651