Hargeisa vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hargeisa	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1632	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$221	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$337	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$345	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	11	42
😀 Quality of life	17	68
🏙️ Population	760K	1.08M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 5% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7132nd and 6947th ($694 vs $729) 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 0.5 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Hargeisa ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9161st and 4595th 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	$5.02	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.47	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.86	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.7	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.16%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3786	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8606	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.72	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.01	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.02	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.5	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.5	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.5	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$545	$5235

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$502
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1169
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1175
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$586
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$559
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$560
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$517
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$522
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$512
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1039
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$499
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$500
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$560
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$826
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$1031
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$724
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$500
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1016
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$498
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$802
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$499
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$715
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$533
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$860
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$500
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$911
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$971
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$903
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$918
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$549

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525