Guangzhou vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guangzhou	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$333	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$850	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.2	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	97	43
😀 Quality of life	75	64
🏙️ Population	18.7M	1.08M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 2% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6602nd and 6525th ($763 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 5th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 1036th and 4508th 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	$3.58	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10222	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4345	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.1	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.15	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.76	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.4	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.06	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.2	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15919	$6243

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595