Juba vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Juba	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1263	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$224	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.3	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$387	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	10	43
😀 Quality of life	13	64
🏙️ Population	459K	1.08M

The cost of living in Juba is 33% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8527th and 6565th ($513 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in South Sudan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check South Sudan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Juba compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Juba ranked 1st best city to live in South Sudan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9116th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Juba vs Nur-Sultan

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	Juba	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.6	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$213	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$146	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$305	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.3	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.14%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1526	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$907	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.15	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.52	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.81	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.3	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.79	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.8	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$88.1	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2876	$5487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Juba

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Bor	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Arua	$585
245 km or 152 mi	Gulu	$594
354 km or 220 mi	Yambio	$495
395 km or 245 mi	Bunia	$801
498 km or 310 mi	Isiro	$843
507 km or 315 mi	Mbale	$605
508 km or 316 mi	Kira Town	$646
510 km or 317 mi	Wau	$508
516 km or 321 mi	Kampala	$698
521 km or 324 mi	Malakal	$496
523 km or 325 mi	Jinja	$562
539 km or 335 mi	Beni	$785
542 km or 337 mi	Entebbe	$558
544 km or 338 mi	Tororo	$602
544 km or 338 mi	Kasese	$573
584 km or 363 mi	Butembo	$768
596 km or 370 mi	Mumias	$490
632 km or 393 mi	Eldoret	$483
652 km or 405 mi	Kisumu	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Jimma	$654
735 km or 457 mi	Byumba	$613
738 km or 459 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
756 km or 470 mi	Nakuru	$500
773 km or 480 mi	Gisenyi	$381
776 km or 482 mi	Kigali	$771
798 km or 496 mi	Awasa	$886
808 km or 502 mi	Kibuye	$479
826 km or 514 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
827 km or 514 mi	Nyanza	$518
832 km or 517 mi	Mwanza	$625
854 km or 530 mi	Butare	$413
858 km or 533 mi	Meru	$541
860 km or 534 mi	Kisangani	$910
868 km or 539 mi	Muyinga	$650
869 km or 540 mi	Cyangugu	$496
872 km or 542 mi	Bukavu	$759
884 km or 549 mi	Ngozi	$648
895 km or 556 mi	Thika	$589
895 km or 556 mi	Nairobi	$760

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