Edmonton vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edmonton	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4109	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$1004	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1648	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2739	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	42
😀 Quality of life	91	68
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.08M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 150% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2644th and 6947th ($1823 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 74th and 4th in Canada and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Canada vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edmonton compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Edmonton ranked 16th best city to live in Canada vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 171st and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Edmonton	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.7	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$784	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1651	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.56%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2239	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.6	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8796	$5235

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1730
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1782
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2079
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1773
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1748
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1949
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1618
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1759
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1973
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2343
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1675
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2228
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2111
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2414
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2490
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1765
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1913
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1952
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2297
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2412
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2457
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2443
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2325
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2001

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