Melbourne vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Melbourne	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5590	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$1286	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2187	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4060	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	42
😀 Quality of life	100	68
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.08M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 217% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 1249th and 6947th ($2308 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1st and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Nur-Sultan

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	Melbourne	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.74	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1462	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2675	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1808	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.5	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5978	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.9	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$72	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1948	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22799	$5235

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988

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