Medan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$186	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	55	42
😀 Quality of life	62	68
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.08M

The cost of living in Medan is 36% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8825th and 6947th ($466 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Medan ranked 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5663rd and 4595th 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	$1.81	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$5235

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534

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