Kabul vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$285	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$591
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	43
😀 Quality of life	13	64
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kabul is 23% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7801st and 6525th ($599 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9123rd and 4508th 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	$2.69	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$6243

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

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