Gothenburg vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gothenburg	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1623	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3695	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$808	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1406	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3142	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	675K	1.08M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 111% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2959th and 6565th ($1623 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Sweden and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Sweden vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 78th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Nur-Sultan

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	Gothenburg	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.46	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.53	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$665	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5838	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3896	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.4	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.08	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.9	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3664	$5487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251

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