Dubai vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dubai	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2420	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5315	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1634	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2835	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$459	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4093	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	45
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	3.94M	1.08M

The cost of living in Dubai is 230% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1039th and 7085th ($2420 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 0.9 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 203rd and 4594th 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	$10.2	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13.5	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$6.31	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1988	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3617	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2237	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$94	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7290	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4052	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.52	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.5	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.2	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$829	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16876	$6043

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2183
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1214
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1457
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1080
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$796
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2014
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1135
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1923
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$545
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$541
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$575
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$545
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1309
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1109
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1192
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$563
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$931
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$575
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1037
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$565
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$823
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$547
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$627
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$489
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$487
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$813
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$565
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$492

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