Guangzhou vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guangzhou	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$322	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$267	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.1	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	97	42
😀 Quality of life	75	68
🏙️ Population	18.7M	1.08M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 4% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6838th and 6947th ($758 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 4th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2100th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Nur-Sultan

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	Guangzhou	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.46	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.4	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9090	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3370	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.34	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.68	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.4	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14783	$5235

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677

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