Hargeisa vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hargeisa	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$682	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1626	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$198	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$299	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.6	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$115	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	12	45
😀 Quality of life	19	69
🏙️ Population	1.23M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 17% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7399th and 6663rd ($682 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Somalia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Hargeisa compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9138th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hargeisa	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$199	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$131	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.7	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.17%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4280	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6350	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.76	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.44	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.44	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.28	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.2	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.9	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$19	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25.1	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$27.2	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$606	$6976

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$521
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1045
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1050
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$590
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$563
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$564
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$509
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$497
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$488
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$931
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$476
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$478
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$476
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$532
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$748
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$910
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$745
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$477
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$923
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$475
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$481
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$746
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$484
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$721
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$513
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$864
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$483
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$871
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$947
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$873
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$890
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$543

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