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

Updated: October 14, 2025

	N'Djamena	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$543	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1295	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$232	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$392	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.9	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$126	$598
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	12	42
😀 Quality of life	11	68
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.08M

The cost of living in N'Djamena is 26% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8348th and 6947th ($543 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Chad and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Chad vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in N'Djamena compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. N'Djamena ranked 1st best city to live in Chad vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9252nd and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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	N'Djamena	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.26	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$151	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$278	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.4	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.5	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.75%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$951	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.07	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.81	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.33	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.79	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.38	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.7	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.6	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.1	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3279	$5235

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Cities near N'Djamena

Distance	City	Cost of living
154 km or 96 mi	Bol	$505
187 km or 116 mi	Maroua	$596
206 km or 128 mi	Bongor	$505
209 km or 130 mi	Maiduguri	$618
282 km or 175 mi	Mubi	$644
338 km or 210 mi	Damaturu	$555
361 km or 224 mi	Garoua	$621
491 km or 305 mi	Sarh	$506
556 km or 346 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
602 km or 374 mi	Bauchi	$781
655 km or 407 mi	Abeche	$506
684 km or 425 mi	Zinder	$1131
711 km or 442 mi	Kano	$563
715 km or 444 mi	Jos	$810
809 km or 503 mi	Zaria	$652
814 km or 506 mi	Katsina	$618
848 km or 527 mi	Kaduna	$393
871 km or 541 mi	Bamenda	$698
876 km or 544 mi	Maradi	$1131
876 km or 544 mi	Berberati	$494
893 km or 555 mi	Abuja	$1514
897 km or 557 mi	Bafoussam	$793
911 km or 566 mi	Gusau	$638
943 km or 586 mi	Bangui	$526
968 km or 601 mi	Minna	$852
982 km or 610 mi	Bria	$496
996 km or 619 mi	Yaounde	$671
1034 km or 643 mi	Kumba	$849
1041 km or 647 mi	Enugu	$563
1069 km or 664 mi	Nyala	$960
1070 km or 665 mi	Sokoto	$466
1072 km or 666 mi	Douala	$1363
1086 km or 675 mi	Calabar	$397
1091 km or 678 mi	Buea	$665
1095 km or 680 mi	Awka	$878
1105 km or 687 mi	Limbe	$755
1107 km or 688 mi	Umuahia	$961
1114 km or 692 mi	Gemena	$808
1122 km or 697 mi	Onitsha	$1051
1129 km or 702 mi	Al-Fashir	$944

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