Khartoum vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Khartoum	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$888	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$410	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$686	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	43
😀 Quality of life	32	64
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.08M

The cost of living in Khartoum is 15% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6100th and 6565th ($888 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Sudan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Sudan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Khartoum compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Khartoum ranked 1st best city to live in Sudan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7844th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Khartoum vs Nur-Sultan

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	Khartoum	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.29	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.3	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.14	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$604	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$261	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.7	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.2	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.13%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1145	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$800	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.5	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.4	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.82	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.97	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.5	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.6	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2064	$5487

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Cities near Khartoum

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Omdurman	$908
12 km or 7.4 mi	Khartoum North	$877
271 km or 169 mi	Kosti	$860
282 km or 175 mi	Atbara	$1131
353 km or 219 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
366 km or 228 mi	El-Obeid	$855
415 km or 258 mi	Kassala	$1006
470 km or 292 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
629 km or 391 mi	Gondar	$897
634 km or 394 mi	Keren	$488
668 km or 415 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
680 km or 422 mi	Mendefera	$487
682 km or 424 mi	Malakal	$496
685 km or 426 mi	Asmara	$520
690 km or 429 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
740 km or 460 mi	Massawa	$486
783 km or 487 mi	Mekelle	$662
803 km or 499 mi	Al-Fashir	$960
915 km or 568 mi	Nyala	$974
915 km or 569 mi	Dessie	$838
944 km or 587 mi	Aswan	$329
962 km or 598 mi	Jeddah	$1146
995 km or 618 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
999 km or 621 mi	Jimma	$654
1005 km or 625 mi	Mecca	$979
1008 km or 627 mi	Wau	$508
1049 km or 652 mi	Bor	$506
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1100 km or 683 mi	Abha	$910
1103 km or 685 mi	Yanbu	$829
1122 km or 697 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
1122 km or 697 mi	Luxor	$335
1150 km or 715 mi	Awasa	$886
1170 km or 727 mi	Zabid	$482
1173 km or 729 mi	Bisha	$905
1175 km or 730 mi	Qena	$362
1176 km or 731 mi	Dikhil	$542
1200 km or 746 mi	Juba	$513
1207 km or 750 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1208 km or 751 mi	Sa'dah	$482

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