Dresden vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$729	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	43
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	563K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dresden is 88% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3857th and 6525th ($1462 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 5th 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 30th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 203rd and 4508th 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	$12	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$6243

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

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