Meru vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Meru	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$541	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1478	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$181	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	69 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	43
😀 Quality of life	27	64
🏙️ Population	42.7K	1.08M

The cost of living in Meru is 30% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8317th and 6565th ($541 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Kenya and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Kenya vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Meru compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Meru ranked 9th best city to live in Kenya vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8421st and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Meru vs Nur-Sultan

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	Meru	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.38	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.6	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$199	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$263	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.83%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1251	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.3	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.07	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.56	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.2	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.5	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.52	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$19	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.8	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$189	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8023	$5487

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Cities near Meru

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 85 mi	Thika	$589
175 km or 109 mi	Nairobi	$760
179 km or 111 mi	Machakos	$408
180 km or 112 mi	Nakuru	$500
268 km or 167 mi	Eldoret	$483
323 km or 201 mi	Kisumu	$522
354 km or 220 mi	Mumias	$490
378 km or 235 mi	Moshi	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Tororo	$602
395 km or 245 mi	Arusha	$638
403 km or 250 mi	Mbale	$605
455 km or 283 mi	Malindi	$498
496 km or 308 mi	Jinja	$562
508 km or 316 mi	Mombasa	$580
559 km or 347 mi	Kira Town	$646
564 km or 351 mi	Kampala	$698
577 km or 359 mi	Entebbe	$558
591 km or 367 mi	Tanga	$545
600 km or 373 mi	Mwanza	$625
666 km or 414 mi	Gulu	$594
712 km or 442 mi	Stone Town	$523
712 km or 443 mi	Zanzibar	$552
732 km or 455 mi	Dodoma	$502
749 km or 465 mi	Baidoa	$706
764 km or 475 mi	Morogoro	$486
783 km or 486 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
784 km or 487 mi	Awasa	$886
819 km or 509 mi	Arua	$585
840 km or 522 mi	Bunia	$801
852 km or 529 mi	Jimma	$654
852 km or 530 mi	Kasese	$573
858 km or 533 mi	Juba	$513
862 km or 536 mi	Byumba	$613
873 km or 542 mi	Kigali	$771
875 km or 544 mi	Muyinga	$650
883 km or 549 mi	Mogadishu	$711
907 km or 563 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
911 km or 566 mi	Ruyigi	$648
911 km or 566 mi	Beni	$785
918 km or 570 mi	Nyanza	$518

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512