Lusaka vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Lusaka	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$686	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1784	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$237	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	45
😀 Quality of life	50	68
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.08M

The cost of living in Lusaka is 6% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7322nd and 7085th ($686 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 7th in Zambia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Zambia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lusaka compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Lusaka ranked 1st best city to live in Zambia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6732nd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lusaka vs Nur-Sultan

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	Lusaka	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.41	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.86	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$431	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$236	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.1	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.19%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1955	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.6	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.32	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.74	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.47	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.9	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.8	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$178	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13300	$6043

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Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$815
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$750
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1189
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$639
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1473
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1229
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$754
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$718
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1024
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$770
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1133
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$706
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$768
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1030
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$577
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$1039
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$630
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$828
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$861
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$1039
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$764
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$591
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$633
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1002
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$924
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$495
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$530
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$505
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$458
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$496
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$527
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$551
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$628
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$469
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$692

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