Mashhad vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mashhad	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$508	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1452	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$169	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	50	64
🏙️ Population	3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 34% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8574th and 6565th ($508 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 3rd in Iran and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Iran vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mashhad compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6227th and 4554th 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	$2.51	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.08	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$325	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.75	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.5	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.07%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1263	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$773	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.35	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.48	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.23	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.94	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.89	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.6	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.99	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$618	$5487

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788

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