Male vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Male	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1311	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2822	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$805	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$373	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$866	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	45
😀 Quality of life	64	68
🏙️ Population	133K	1.08M

The cost of living in Male is 79% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4552nd and 7085th ($1311 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Maldives and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5347th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Nur-Sultan

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	Male	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.02	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.65	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$620	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1472	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1144	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.01%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2247	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.2	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.8	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.77	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.3	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$193	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3300	$6043

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

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