Bucharest vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$474	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	77	43
😀 Quality of life	79	64
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.08M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 28% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5565th and 6565th ($988 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 645th and 4554th 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	$10.5	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$5487

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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