Chengdu vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chengdu	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1808	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$251	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$445	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$87	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$591
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	43
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	20.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 15% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7209th and 6525th ($660 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st and 5th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Chengdu compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Chengdu ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1933rd and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Nur-Sultan

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	Chengdu	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$329	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4168	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2205	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.5	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.55	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.24	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.17	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$389	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15153	$6243

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$614
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$605
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$587
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$572
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$611
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$603
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$591
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$604
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$624
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$559
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$625
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$550
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$588
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$613
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$574
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$570
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$609
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$609
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$551
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$627
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$642
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$607
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$596
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$593
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$600
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$584
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$595
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$620
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$569
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$568
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$612
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$555
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$594
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$591

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