Moscow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$542	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$626
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	12.5M	1.08M

The cost of living in Moscow is 25% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5167th and 6335th ($1021 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1608th and 4845th 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	$8.33	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$8086

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

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