Mecca vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mecca	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2316	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$350	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$622	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1656	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	68 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	41	43
😀 Quality of life	53	64
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mecca is 21% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6019th and 6525th ($940 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Mecca compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Mecca ranked 9th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6051st and 4508th 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	$5.18	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.7	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.17
🥤 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	$251	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.9	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1493	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1201	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.7	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.82	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.53	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$103	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.23	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.7	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$363	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4675	$6243

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Cities near Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1123
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$895
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$853
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$837
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$895
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$915
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$828
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$934
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$879
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$491
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$488
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$492
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$940
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$524
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$944
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$490
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1094
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$988
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$324
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1586
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$550
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$491
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$988
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$314
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$686
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$489
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$278
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$333
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$491
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$294
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$821
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$504
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$806
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$393
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$514

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595