Isfahan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$211	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	43
😀 Quality of life	48	64
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.08M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 32% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8454th and 6565th ($523 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 3rd in Iran and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Iran vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6375th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Nur-Sultan

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	Isfahan	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$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	$257	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$5487

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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