Munich vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Munich	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2525	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5816	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$1500	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$2602	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$252	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4312	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	45
😀 Quality of life	94	69
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.08M

The cost of living in Munich is 207% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 863rd and 6663rd ($2525 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Germany and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Germany vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Munich compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 44th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Nur-Sultan

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	Munich	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.2	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.92	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2776	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13704	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9217	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.76	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.3	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.4	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.16	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.8	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$871	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17274	$6976

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714

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