Mecca vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mecca	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$979	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2659	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$371	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$293	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1646	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	68 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	42	43
😀 Quality of life	54	64
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mecca is 27% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5632nd and 6565th ($979 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Mecca compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Mecca ranked 9th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5982nd and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mecca vs Nur-Sultan

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	Mecca	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.96	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.2	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.05	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$783	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.62%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1496	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1212	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.22	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.88	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.6	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.21	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.08	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.45	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$103	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.4	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4682	$5487

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Cities near Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507

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