Leipzig vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$764	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	43
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	620K	1.08M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 97% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3353rd and 6565th ($1516 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 3rd in Germany and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Germany vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 87th and 4554th 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	$12.5	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$5487

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

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