Manila vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manila	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$790	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1963	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$379	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.3	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$386	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	74	42
😀 Quality of life	65	68
🏙️ Population	1.85M	1.08M

The cost of living in Manila is 8% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6703rd and 6947th ($790 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in the Philippines and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Manila compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Manila ranked 3rd best city to live in the Philippines vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5220th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Manila vs Nur-Sultan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/manila/nur-sultan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Manila vs Nur-Sultan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/manila/nur-sultan" target="_blank">Manila vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Manila vs Nur-Sultan

Prices for goods and services in Manila and Nur-Sultan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Manila	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.27	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.7	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$815	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.3	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.5	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3756	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2382	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.04	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.74	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.44	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$139	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16980	$5235

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$785
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$568
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$742
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$717
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$674
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$1009
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$657
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$432
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$642
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$807
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$555
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$540
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$651
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$760
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$561
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$628
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$536
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$570
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$692
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$511
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$519
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$617
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$525
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$414
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$613
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$630
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$575
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$542
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$616
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$489
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$535
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$531
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$477
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$624
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$425
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$471
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$598
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$532
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$448

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525