Melbourne vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Melbourne	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2496	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6197	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1388	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2468	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$346	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4328	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	45
😀 Quality of life	100	68
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.08M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 241% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 893rd and 7085th ($2496 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Australia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Australia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Melbourne compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1st and 4594th 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	$15.4	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.06	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.97	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1549	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1138	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.61%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6465	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.92	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.8	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.9	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.3	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.7	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2232	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26129	$6043

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1822
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1894
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1928
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1860
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1896
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2217
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1604
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1487
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1979
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1815
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1898
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1824
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1753
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2223
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1904
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1821
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2308
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1477
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1699
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2338
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1710
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1867
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2482
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2050
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2379
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1997
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1288
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537