Hargeisa vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$217	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	11	43
😀 Quality of life	8	64
🏙️ Population	760K	1.08M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 14% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7141st and 6565th ($660 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Somalia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9243rd and 4554th 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	$2.69	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$5487

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541

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