Kyiv vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$445	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	43
😀 Quality of life	64	64
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 10% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6262nd and 6565th ($850 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4484th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kyiv	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$5487

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570

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