Hargeisa vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hargeisa	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1686	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$220	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$274	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.3	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$336	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	12	45
😀 Quality of life	22	68
🏙️ Population	1.23M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 3% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7179th and 7085th ($712 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Hargeisa ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9073rd and 4594th 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	$5.03	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$417	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.2	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7393	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.3	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.02	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.99	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.82	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$53.1	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.5	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.8	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$549	$6043

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$509
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1152
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1153
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$601
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$572
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$571
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$526
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$514
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$504
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1022
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$491
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$494
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$492
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$810
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$996
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$743
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$493
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1017
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$491
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$775
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$497
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$724
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$531
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$865
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$498
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$902
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$931
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$893
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$906
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$542

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537