Foshan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$208	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	70	64
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.08M

The cost of living in Foshan is 21% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7543rd and 6565th ($611 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 3rd in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2601st and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Nur-Sultan

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	Foshan	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$5487

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

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