Glasgow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	42
😀 Quality of life	95	68
🏙️ Population	626K	1.08M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 182% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1833rd and 6947th ($2058 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 4th in the United Kingdom and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 52nd and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Nur-Sultan

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	Glasgow	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$5235

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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