Hefei vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$216	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	42
😀 Quality of life	69	68
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hefei is 12% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7469th and 6947th ($643 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 4th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4318th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hefei	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$5235

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

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