Indianapolis vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	43
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	888K	1.08M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 184% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1378th and 6565th ($2189 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 3rd in the United States and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United States vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 191st and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Nur-Sultan

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	Indianapolis	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$5487

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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