Hanover vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanover	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1829	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4506	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$908	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1559	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	45
😀 Quality of life	92	69
🏙️ Population	548K	1.08M

The cost of living in Hanover is 122% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2689th and 6663rd ($1829 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 70th and 4th in Germany and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Germany vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Hanover compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Hanover ranked 13th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 82nd and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hanover	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$886	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1227	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4553	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3475	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.18	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.04	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$629	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21676	$6976

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1697
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1694
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1691
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1693
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1685
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1664
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1655
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1639
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1631
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1661
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1661
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1655
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1649
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1648
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1558
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1547
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1614
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1487
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1596
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1547
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1538
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1596
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1508
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1520
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1549
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1529
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1567
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1563
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1585
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1590
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1430
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1420
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1596
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1565
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1567
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1571

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