Chennai vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chennai	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$437	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1065	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$159	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$272	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.2	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$321	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	42
😀 Quality of life	65	68
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.08M

The cost of living in Chennai is 40% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8898th and 6947th ($437 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 4th in India and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check India vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chennai compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Chennai ranked 5th best city to live in India vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5272nd and 4595th 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	$2.25	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.91	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.96	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1914	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.87	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.05	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.8	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.79	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.4	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.8	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1729	$5235

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$327
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$235
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$291
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$327
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$535
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$300
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$327
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$368
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$334
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$295
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$524
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$304
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$341
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$347
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$345
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$286
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$355
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$290
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$307
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$277
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$347
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$339
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$345
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$310
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$346
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$298
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$347
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$383
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$266
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$301
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$265
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$291
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$266
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$295
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$286

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525