Bucharest vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$496	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	76	43
😀 Quality of life	78	64
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.08M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 33% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5404th and 6525th ($1036 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Romania and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Romania vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 642nd and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Nur-Sultan

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	Bucharest	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$6243

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

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