Dusseldorf vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dusseldorf	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1944	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4713	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1869	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4092	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	45
😀 Quality of life	95	68
🏙️ Population	631K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 165% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2220th and 7085th ($1944 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 7th 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 Dusseldorf compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Dusseldorf ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 28th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dusseldorf	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.45	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.51	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.48	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1119	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$828	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8456	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5329	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.7	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.6	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.9	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$907	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21698	$6043

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1668
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1639
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1660
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1673
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1620
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1722
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1618
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1739
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1588
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1724
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1603
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1644
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1588
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1665
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1701
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1600
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1579
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1467
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1663
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1592
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1669
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2007
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1626
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1642
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1584
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1601
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1609
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1671
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1561
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1686
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1481
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1580
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1573
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1990

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