Chennai vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Chennai	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$409	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1006	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$142	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$243	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$67	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$254	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	79	45
😀 Quality of life	65	69
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.08M

The cost of living in Chennai is 50% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8947th and 6663rd ($409 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 4th in India and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check India vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Chennai compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5131st and 4272nd 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	$2.12	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.18	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.5	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$178	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.79	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.78%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1739	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$712	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.75	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.85	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.82	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.37	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.75	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.25	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.6	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$37.6	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.7	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1792	$6976

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$306
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$232
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$302
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$322
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$508
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$294
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$320
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$348
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$339
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$317
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$283
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$507
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$290
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$339
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$325
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$331
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$274
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$303
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$273
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$292
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$265
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$330
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$328
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$317
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$290
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$332
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$280
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$342
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$313
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$359
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$255
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$281
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$247
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$327
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$271
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$264
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$259

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