Kabul vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$200	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$690
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	33	45
😀 Quality of life	25	68
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kabul is 35% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8823rd and 7085th ($473 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8992nd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kabul	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.79	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$6043

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537