Hangzhou vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hangzhou	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2298	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$375	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.8	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$882	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	42
😀 Quality of life	72	68
🏙️ Population	11.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 13% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6563rd and 6947th ($826 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 4th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Hangzhou compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Hangzhou ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2980th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hangzhou vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hangzhou	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.7	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.06	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$855	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$498	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.6	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7830	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4289	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.17	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.84	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.15	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.64	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28925	$5235

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753

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