Mashhad vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$172	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	42
😀 Quality of life	57	68
🏙️ Population	3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 31% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8663rd and 6947th ($503 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 4th in Iran and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Iran vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6167th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Nur-Sultan

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	Mashhad	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$5235

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

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