Kazan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kazan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$929	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2282	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$493	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$878	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.4	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$871	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	54	45
😀 Quality of life	64	68
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kazan is 27% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6157th and 7085th ($929 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 7th in Russia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Russia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5470th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kazan	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.39	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.91	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1065	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$689	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.03	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.86%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2534	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.81	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.1	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15147	$6043

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971

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