Kazan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$458	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	54	42
😀 Quality of life	65	68
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kazan is 19% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6377th and 6947th ($868 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5213th and 4595th 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	$7.32	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$5235

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525