Chennai vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$159	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	43
😀 Quality of life	66	64
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.08M

The cost of living in Chennai is 45% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8907th and 6525th ($433 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 5th in India and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check India vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4094th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Nur-Sultan

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	Chennai	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$6243

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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