Minsk vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Minsk	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$836	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2112	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$408	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$295	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$54	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$632	$690
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	59	45
😀 Quality of life	68	68
🏙️ Population	2M	1.08M

The cost of living in Minsk is 14% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6618th and 7085th ($836 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Belarus and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Belarus vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Minsk compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4692nd and 4594th 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	$10.5	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.7	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.96	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$494	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$329	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$888	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.58%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2225	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1419	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.49	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.5	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.66	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.01	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.14	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.8	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$44	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12897	$6043

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$628
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$568
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$450
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1461
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$622
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$1003
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$335
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$484
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$952
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$907
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$399
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$890
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1279
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$545
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$947
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$1012
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$853
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1133
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1214
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$912
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$589
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1184
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$1001
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$500
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1062
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1027
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$405
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$554
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$908
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1028
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1248
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1220
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1423
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$944
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$882

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