Medan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Medan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$453	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1141	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$189	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$310	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	55	45
😀 Quality of life	47	69
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.08M

The cost of living in Medan is 45% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8852nd and 6663rd ($453 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 44th and 4th in Indonesia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Medan ranked 15th best city to live in Indonesia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6943rd and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Nur-Sultan

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	Medan	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.64	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.06	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$311	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.1	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1152	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$558	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.85	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.7	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.36	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.72	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.16	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.9	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.24	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.48	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.2	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$114	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7769	$6976

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$449
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$439
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$555
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$530
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$762
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$720
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$677
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$527
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$743
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$616
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$741
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$545
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$798
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$654
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$610
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$592
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$617
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$488
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$707
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$466
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$759
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1010
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$784
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$836
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$737
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$576
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553