Charlotte vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Charlotte	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2470	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5697	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1502	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$2463	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4381	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	68	45
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	875K	1.08M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 200% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 946th and 6663rd ($2470 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 818th and 4th in the United States and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United States vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Charlotte ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 246th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Nur-Sultan

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	Charlotte	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$5.65	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1645	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1249	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2953	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2052	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4312	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2445	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.2	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.78	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.63	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.04	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.5	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24568	$6976

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2217
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2130
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2190
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2095
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1904
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1959
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$1975
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2129
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1973
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2183
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2075
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2058
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1727
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1946
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2070
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2007
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2070
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1868
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2059
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1909
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2200
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2171
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2027
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1816
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2253
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1940
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2284
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1892
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1678
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1842
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2089
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2671
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2083
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1863
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1932

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553