Louisville vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	45
😀 Quality of life	88	68
🏙️ Population	246K	1.08M

The cost of living in Louisville is 151% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2713th and 7085th ($1837 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 7th in the United States and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United States vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 333rd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Nur-Sultan

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	Louisville	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$6043

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

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