Hefei vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$205	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	43
😀 Quality of life	66	64
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hefei is 19% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7405th and 6565th ($625 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 3rd in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3963rd and 4554th 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	$3.46	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$5487

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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