Multan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Multan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$983	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$150	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$246	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$144	$690
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	0 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	45
😀 Quality of life	30	68
🏙️ Population	1.87M	1.08M

The cost of living in Multan is 43% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8948th and 7085th ($417 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Multan compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Multan ranked 14th best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8818th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Multan vs Nur-Sultan

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	Multan	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.97	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$112	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.4	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$205	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.7	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.86%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1529	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.71	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.7	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.53	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.84	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.7	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.08	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.05	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.8	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.9	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1285	$6043

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Cities near Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$382
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$351
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$302
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$367
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$318
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$315
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$348
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$378
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$381
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$371
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$289
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$432
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$326
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$327
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$391
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$330
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$343
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$423
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$308
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$279
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$464
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$360
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$323
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$298
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$337
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$433
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$295
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$414
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$263
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$330
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$370
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$325

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