Denver vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	43
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	716K	1.08M

The cost of living in Denver is 253% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 463rd and 6565th ($2717 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th and 3rd 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 1.9 months in Denver compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 158th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Nur-Sultan

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	Denver	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$5487

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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