Marseille vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Marseille	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1733	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$756	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1311	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$196	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2408	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	42
😀 Quality of life	87	68
🏙️ Population	877K	1.08M

The cost of living in Marseille is 138% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 2991st and 6947th ($1733 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 4th in France and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check France vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Marseille compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Marseille ranked 8th best city to live in France vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 374th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Marseille vs Nur-Sultan

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	Marseille	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.29	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1046	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.9%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5072	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3564	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.4	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$27.9	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10222	$5235

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Cities near Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1700
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1761
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1478
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1438
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1340
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1593
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1915
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1867
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1884
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$9122
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1501
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1488
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1300
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1216
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1504
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1525
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1257
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1374
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1473
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1490
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1336
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1239
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1594
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1580
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1555
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1406
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1582
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1642
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1693
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1638
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1268
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1727
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1192
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1575
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1620

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