Glasgow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	45
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	626K	1.08M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 190% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1712th and 7085th ($2121 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 7th 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 42nd and 4594th 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	$23	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$6043

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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