Moscow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$612	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$591
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	74	64
🏙️ Population	13M	1.08M

The cost of living in Moscow is 38% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5091st and 6525th ($1075 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Russia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Russia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1280th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Nur-Sultan

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	Moscow	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$6243

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595