Dubai vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	43
😀 Quality of life	87	64
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.08M

The cost of living in Dubai is 209% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 989th and 6565th ($2379 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 288th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dubai	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$5487

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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