Hangzhou vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hangzhou	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$899	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2417	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$438	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$752	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$268	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$922	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	84	45
😀 Quality of life	72	69
🏙️ Population	11.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 9% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6257th and 6663rd ($899 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th 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 Hangzhou compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Hangzhou ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3005th and 4272nd 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	$4.08	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$549	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$992	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$600	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.6	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.4	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.5%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7694	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3840	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.09	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.81	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.7	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25159	$6976

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$670
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$596
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$667
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$696
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$798
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$663
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$611
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$660
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$657
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$686
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$726
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$684
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1147
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$708
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$678
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1030
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$636
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$677
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$658
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$571
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$646
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$628
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$645
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$686
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$581
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$643
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$671
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$644
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$651
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$627
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$725
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$659
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$789

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553