Louisville vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	45
😀 Quality of life	87	69
🏙️ Population	246K	1.08M

The cost of living in Louisville is 124% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2604th and 6663rd ($1847 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 4th 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 326th and 4272nd 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	$14.2	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$6976

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553