Leipzig vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Leipzig	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1652	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3912	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$798	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1342	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$565	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3076	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	45
😀 Quality of life	92	68
🏙️ Population	620K	1.08M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 126% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3436th and 7085th ($1652 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 299th and 7th in Germany and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Germany vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Leipzig compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Leipzig ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 112th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Nur-Sultan

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	Leipzig	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.17	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.74	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$535	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1325	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$942	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$275	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.2	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5097	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2610	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.4	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.1	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12468	$6043

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537