Chiba vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chiba	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3346	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$548	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2264	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	43
😀 Quality of life	79	64
🏙️ Population	975K	1.08M

The cost of living in Chiba is 64% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4299th and 6565th ($1267 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 3rd in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chiba compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Chiba ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 625th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Nur-Sultan

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	Chiba	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.2	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5609	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4004	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.4	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$545	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15302	$5487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1129
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1134
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1231
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1099
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1060
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1067
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1059
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1085
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1058
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1089
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1164
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1055
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1070
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1071
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1071
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1047
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1104
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1066
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1077
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1051

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512