Isfahan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Isfahan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$488	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1224	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$208	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$363	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$157	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.5	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$208	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	45
😀 Quality of life	57	69
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.08M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 41% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8733rd and 6663rd ($488 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 4th in Iran and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Iran vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Isfahan compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Isfahan ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6153rd and 4272nd 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	$3.01	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.99	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$0.97	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$308	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.54	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	27%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1182	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$727	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.05	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.07	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.01	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.5	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.6	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.01	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.44	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$72	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$524	$6976

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$454
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$451
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$487
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$452
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$459
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$536
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$469
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$469
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$517
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$496
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$504
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$557
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$456
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$517
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$570
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$514
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$570
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$548
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$577
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$439
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$484
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$485
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$584
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$471
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$611
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$638
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$614
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$563
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$613
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$614
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$505
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$616

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