Chicago vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chicago	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2667	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6807	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$3056	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4901	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	96	64
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.08M

The cost of living in Chicago is 242% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 483rd and 6525th ($2667 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 425th and 5th in the United States and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United States vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 20th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Chicago	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.62	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.12	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1974	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3828	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2594	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3158	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.5	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.2	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2457	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19423	$6243

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2427
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2463
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2424
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2375
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2376
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2177
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2307
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2344
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2352
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2326
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2367
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2412
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2393
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2292
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2305
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2360
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2358
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2268
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2292
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1950
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2293
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2296
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1975
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2276
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2392
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2363
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2276
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2380
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2269
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2280
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2134
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2331
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2002
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2357

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