Moscow vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	45
😀 Quality of life	72	69
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.08M

The cost of living in Moscow is 104% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3277th and 6663rd ($1678 vs $823) 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 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2774th and 4272nd 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	$11.9	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$6976

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553