Hong Kong vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hong Kong	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2663	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6085	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1742	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$3071	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$923	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	45
😀 Quality of life	80	69
🏙️ Population	7.41M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 223% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 640th and 6663rd ($2663 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Hong Kong compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 676th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hong Kong	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.74	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.29	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$5.21	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2008	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1474	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3693	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2621	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.67%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$27719	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17176	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.09	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.6	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.4	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.9	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.1	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.1	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.5	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.8	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1128	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22758	$6976

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$995
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$678
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1734
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$548
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$694
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$873
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$785
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$954
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$627
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$858
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$777
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$801
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$908
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$600
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$793
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$474
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$682
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$828
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$766
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$797
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$802
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$778
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$758
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$739
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$751
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$705
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$729
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$711
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$714
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$892
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$528
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$620

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553