Kaohsiung vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kaohsiung	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$971	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2603	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$353	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1504	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	80	45
😀 Quality of life	88	69
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 18% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5770th and 6663rd ($971 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in Taiwan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Kaohsiung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 281st and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kaohsiung	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.32	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.5	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.55%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4645	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3214	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.2	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.65	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.99	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$470	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13326	$6976

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$938
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$844
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$904
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$884
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$868
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$874
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$942
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$687
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$921
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$889
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$792
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$892
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1123
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$643
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$729
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$979
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$673
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$612
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$474
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$679
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$473
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$600
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$705
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$672
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$682
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$640
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$689
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$954
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$717
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$403
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$777
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$774
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$638
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$617

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553