Male vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$814	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	62	64
🏙️ Population	133K	1.08M

The cost of living in Male is 69% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4205th and 6565th ($1304 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Maldives and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4917th and 4554th 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	$5.5	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$5487

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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