Chiba vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chiba	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1251	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3033	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$569	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1995	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	42
😀 Quality of life	81	68
🏙️ Population	975K	1.08M

The cost of living in Chiba is 72% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4599th and 6947th ($1251 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 4th in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Chiba compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Chiba ranked 26th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 723rd and 4595th 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	$5.83	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$772	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$735	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.8	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.98%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5524	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3921	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.6	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.5	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.02	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.99	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.6	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.3	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$270	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18267	$5235

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1065
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1071
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1072
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1067
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1117
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1068
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1006
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1027
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1021
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1025
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1047
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1046
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1001
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1021
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1055
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1024
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$985
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1035
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1004
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1076
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1034
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1005
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1068
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1014
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1006
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1047
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1025
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1354
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1698
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1067
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1016

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