N'Djamena vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	N'Djamena	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1293	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$225	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$387	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	12	43
😀 Quality of life	13	64
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.08M

The cost of living in N'Djamena is 32% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8458th and 6565th ($523 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Chad and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Chad vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in N'Djamena compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. N'Djamena ranked 1st best city to live in Chad vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9134th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in N'Djamena vs Nur-Sultan

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	N'Djamena	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.5	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$494	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.34%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$941	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.88	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.38	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.4	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.7	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2750	$5487

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Cities near N'Djamena

Distance	City	Cost of living
154 km or 96 mi	Bol	$485
187 km or 116 mi	Maroua	$533
206 km or 128 mi	Bongor	$486
209 km or 130 mi	Maiduguri	$609
282 km or 175 mi	Mubi	$665
338 km or 210 mi	Damaturu	$553
361 km or 224 mi	Garoua	$556
491 km or 305 mi	Sarh	$485
556 km or 346 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
602 km or 374 mi	Bauchi	$759
655 km or 407 mi	Abeche	$487
684 km or 425 mi	Zinder	$974
711 km or 442 mi	Kano	$553
715 km or 444 mi	Jos	$820
809 km or 503 mi	Zaria	$526
814 km or 506 mi	Katsina	$579
848 km or 527 mi	Kaduna	$371
871 km or 541 mi	Bamenda	$553
876 km or 544 mi	Maradi	$972
876 km or 544 mi	Berberati	$482
893 km or 555 mi	Abuja	$1502
897 km or 557 mi	Bafoussam	$555
911 km or 566 mi	Gusau	$587
943 km or 586 mi	Bangui	$513
968 km or 601 mi	Minna	$743
982 km or 610 mi	Bria	$482
996 km or 619 mi	Yaounde	$747
1034 km or 643 mi	Kumba	$764
1041 km or 647 mi	Enugu	$462
1069 km or 664 mi	Nyala	$974
1070 km or 665 mi	Sokoto	$426
1072 km or 666 mi	Douala	$1265
1086 km or 675 mi	Calabar	$384
1091 km or 678 mi	Buea	$601
1095 km or 680 mi	Awka	$805
1105 km or 687 mi	Limbe	$655
1107 km or 688 mi	Umuahia	$883
1114 km or 692 mi	Gemena	$767
1122 km or 697 mi	Onitsha	$972
1129 km or 702 mi	Al-Fashir	$960

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512