Diyarbakir vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Diyarbakir	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$550	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1324	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$259	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$451	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.4	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$751	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	28	45
😀 Quality of life	49	68
🏙️ Population	1.73M	1.08M

The cost of living in Diyarbakir is 25% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8385th and 7085th ($550 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 119th and 7th in Turkey and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Turkey vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Diyarbakir compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Diyarbakir ranked 47th best city to live in Turkey vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6844th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Diyarbakir vs Nur-Sultan

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	Diyarbakir	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.69	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.4	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.15	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$359	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.9	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	30.88%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1193	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$596	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.13	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.12	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.22	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.65	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.52	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.56	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.4	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4083	$6043

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Cities near Diyarbakir

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Cinar	$568
61 km or 38 mi	Derik	$580
79 km or 49 mi	Batman	$622
79 km or 49 mi	Mardin	$545
86 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$597
111 km or 69 mi	Bingol	$533
120 km or 74 mi	Ceylanpinar	$593
122 km or 76 mi	Elazig	$595
126 km or 78 mi	Nusaybin	$581
129 km or 80 mi	Qamishli	$476
143 km or 89 mi	Mus	$566
150 km or 93 mi	Siirt	$588
152 km or 95 mi	Urfa	$625
162 km or 101 mi	Al-Hasakah	$485
170 km or 106 mi	Akcakale	$599
173 km or 107 mi	Adiyaman	$654
173 km or 108 mi	Bitlis	$575
174 km or 108 mi	Malatya	$598
184 km or 115 mi	Cizre	$583
201 km or 125 mi	Sirnak	$582
214 km or 133 mi	Erzincan	$599
229 km or 142 mi	Sinjar	$390
232 km or 144 mi	Zakho	$648
237 km or 147 mi	Nizip	$591
240 km or 149 mi	Erzurum	$445
244 km or 151 mi	Raqqa	$492
261 km or 162 mi	Bayburt	$615
269 km or 167 mi	Gaziantep	$571
270 km or 168 mi	Duhok	$616
286 km or 177 mi	Van	$568
287 km or 178 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$499
291 km or 181 mi	Gumushane	$673
292 km or 181 mi	Kahramanmaras	$675
306 km or 190 mi	Kilis	$585
308 km or 191 mi	Mosul	$585
310 km or 193 mi	Hakkari	$566
316 km or 197 mi	Agri	$560
333 km or 207 mi	Islahiye	$539
333 km or 207 mi	Aleppo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Sivas	$688

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537