Isfahan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Isfahan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1720	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$271	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$736	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$175	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.6	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	43
😀 Quality of life	47	64
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.08M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 25% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7921st and 6525th ($588 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 40th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6374th and 4508th 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	$3.8	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$0.85	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$233	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$902	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.42	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.8	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.38%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1202	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$621	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.83	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.05	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.98	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.88	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.11	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$16	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.5	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$20	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$559	$6243

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$545
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$527
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$575
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$490
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$489
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$472
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$462
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$518
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$507
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$577
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$559
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$542
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$673
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$588
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$693
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$583
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$689
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$588
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$690
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$470
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$559
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$720
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$537
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$708
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$797
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$701
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$675
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$696
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$706
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595