Kyiv vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$456	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	42
😀 Quality of life	68	68
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 21% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6330th and 6947th ($879 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4632nd and 4595th 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	$8.82	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$5235

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

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