Kaohsiung vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$361	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	80	43
😀 Quality of life	83	64
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 24% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5750th and 6565th ($956 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Taiwan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 417th and 4554th 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	$3.82	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$5487

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

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