Hangzhou vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hangzhou	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$805	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2398	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$369	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$751	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	43
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	11.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 5% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6419th and 6565th ($805 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 3rd in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hangzhou compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Hangzhou ranked 10th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1916th and 4554th 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	$3.66	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.6	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.86	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8089	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4179	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.71	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.99	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.5	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$441	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31296	$5487

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512