Kuala Lumpur vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuala Lumpur	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$810	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1984	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$393	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.8	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1392	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	43
😀 Quality of life	77	64
🏙️ Population	1.98M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kuala Lumpur is 5% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6403rd and 6565th ($810 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Malaysia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Malaysia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kuala Lumpur compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st best city to live in Malaysia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 811th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuala Lumpur vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kuala Lumpur	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.3	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1427	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.45	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.82	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8723	$5487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$645
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$532
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$670
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$604
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$669
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$682
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$543
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$628
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$529
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$695
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$679
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$565
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$620
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3059
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$481
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$539
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$470
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$490
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$536
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$560
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$461
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$570
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$719

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