Indianapolis vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Indianapolis	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2405	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1478	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$2331	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	45
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	888K	1.08M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 192% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1079th and 6663rd ($2405 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 928th and 4th 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 1.8 months in Indianapolis compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Indianapolis ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 237th and 4272nd 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	$20.1	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1535	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1207	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2597	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1915	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.4	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.27	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1743	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24177	$6976

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908

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