Hangzhou vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hangzhou	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$860	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2401	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$405	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.5	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$912	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	84	45
😀 Quality of life	72	68
🏙️ Population	11.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 18% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6527th and 7085th ($860 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Hangzhou ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3360th and 4594th 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	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.7	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.12	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$964	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$566	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8066	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4023	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.99	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.24	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.66	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.34	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.1	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29918	$6043

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$680
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$594
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$652
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$644
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$782
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$684
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$598
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$671
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$652
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$683
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$665
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1126
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$669
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$644
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1002
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$623
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$650
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$628
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$617
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$636
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$697
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$604
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$557
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$680
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$626
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$611
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$669
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$646
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$765

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537