Kyiv vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$419	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	43
😀 Quality of life	64	64
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 2% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6450th and 6525th ($795 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4556th and 4508th 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	$7.27	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$6243

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595