Manila vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manila	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2308	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$361	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.2	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$526	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	73	43
😀 Quality of life	65	64
🏙️ Population	1.85M	1.08M

The cost of living in Manila is 0.5% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6586th and 6565th ($766 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in the Philippines and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Manila compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Manila ranked 3rd best city to live in the Philippines vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4165th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manila vs Nur-Sultan

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	Manila	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.69	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.4	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.25	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$648	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.8	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.42%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3093	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2849	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.4	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.85	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.14	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.81	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.47	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.22	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.39	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$36	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.8	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13387	$5487

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Cities near Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$770
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$640
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$746
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$706
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$623
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$901
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$732
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$506
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$670
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$780
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$546
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$538
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$621
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$704
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$577
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$589
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$518
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$535
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$676
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$496
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$457
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$575
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$487
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$400
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$539
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$572
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$508
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$515
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$545
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$486
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$610
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$508
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$504
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$427
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$613
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$398
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$464
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$585
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$508
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$372

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