Munich vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	42
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.08M

The cost of living in Munich is 238% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 920th and 6947th ($2463 vs $729) 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 1.6 months in Munich compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 61st and 4595th 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	$19.1	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$5235

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525