Dresden vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dresden	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1555	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3707	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$755	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1271	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	42
😀 Quality of life	89	68
🏙️ Population	566K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dresden is 113% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3768th and 6947th ($1555 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 462nd and 4th in Germany and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Germany vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Dresden ranked 28th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 263rd and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dresden	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.15	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$491	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1259	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$871	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5084	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3851	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.74	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.15	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14681	$5235

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563

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