Bucharest vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$535	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	45
😀 Quality of life	84	68
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.08M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 55% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4935th and 7085th ($1138 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Romania and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Romania vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 508th and 4594th 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	$11.9	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$6043

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$999
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$956
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$926
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$784
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$800
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$724
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$831
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$758
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$777
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$970
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$666
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1150
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$759
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$826
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$704
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$805
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$910
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$983
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$665
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$950
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$607
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1099
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1062
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1132
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$840
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$716
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$916
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$844
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$864
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$841
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$738
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$872
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$763
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$773
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$683
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$795

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