Izmir vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Izmir	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$437	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$792	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$681	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	68	43
😀 Quality of life	68	64
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.08M

The cost of living in Izmir is 18% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5990th and 6565th ($909 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Turkey and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Turkey vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Izmir compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Izmir ranked 3rd best city to live in Turkey vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3369th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Izmir vs Nur-Sultan

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	Izmir	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.23	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.03%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1020	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.93	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.07	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.36	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.9	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.6	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.77	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$409	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9671	$5487

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Cities near Izmir

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Manisa	$638
50 km or 31 mi	Turgutlu	$675
63 km or 39 mi	Kusadasi	$764
64 km or 39 mi	Tire	$681
87 km or 54 mi	Chios	$1099
87 km or 54 mi	Salihli	$677
88 km or 55 mi	Aydin	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Mytilene	$934
95 km or 59 mi	Soma	$679
117 km or 73 mi	Nazilli	$643
152 km or 94 mi	Balikesir	$707
155 km or 96 mi	Bodrum	$1038
171 km or 106 mi	Mugla	$773
185 km or 115 mi	Denizli	$477
192 km or 119 mi	Mykonos	$1838
199 km or 124 mi	Usak	$629
200 km or 124 mi	Marmaris	$1049
203 km or 126 mi	Canakkale	$690
227 km or 141 mi	Bandirma	$679
240 km or 149 mi	Rhodes	$1070
257 km or 160 mi	Bursa	$743
265 km or 164 mi	Fethiye	$843
268 km or 167 mi	Santorini	$1659
271 km or 168 mi	Kutahya	$568
276 km or 171 mi	Inegol	$708
286 km or 178 mi	Burdur	$554
288 km or 179 mi	Tekirdag	$661
292 km or 181 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
292 km or 182 mi	Kifissia	$1265
298 km or 185 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
299 km or 186 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
300 km or 186 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
302 km or 187 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
302 km or 188 mi	Glyfada	$1437
303 km or 188 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 188 mi	Athens	$1272
304 km or 189 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
305 km or 189 mi	Kallithea	$1159
305 km or 190 mi	Peristeri	$1082
305 km or 190 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258

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