Brussels vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	45
😀 Quality of life	92	68
🏙️ Population	196K	1.08M

The cost of living in Brussels is 182% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1872nd and 7085th ($2065 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Belgium and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Brussels compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 99th and 4594th 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	$24.7	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$6043

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

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