Minsk vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Minsk	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1703	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$293	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.2	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$599	$626
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	62	43
😀 Quality of life	67	63
🏙️ Population	2M	1.08M

The cost of living in Minsk is 20% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7206th and 6335th ($649 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Belarus and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Belarus vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3890th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Nur-Sultan

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	Minsk	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.57	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$466	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.01%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1163	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.7	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.52	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5767	$8086

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$528
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$490
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$426
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1303
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$472
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$928
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$299
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$423
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$864
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$835
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1080
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$406
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$922
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$877
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$831
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1028
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$949
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$437
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$927
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$415
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1013
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$827
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$443
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1027
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1088
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$476
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$518
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$827
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$842
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1135
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$980
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1362
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$860
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$760

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651