Hefei vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hefei	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$707	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1809	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$269	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$483	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$933	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	43
😀 Quality of life	67	63
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hefei is 13% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6756th and 6335th ($707 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 82nd and 4th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hefei compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Hefei ranked 28th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3921st and 4845th 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	$2.79	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$554	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$388	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.3	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.87%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3876	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2072	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.64	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.53	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.6	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.41	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8280	$8086

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651