Nairobi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nairobi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$811	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2043	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$286	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$478	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	68	42
😀 Quality of life	58	68
🏙️ Population	5.55M	1.08M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 11% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6622nd and 6947th ($811 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Kenya and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Kenya vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Nairobi compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6071st and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Nur-Sultan

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	Nairobi	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.85	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.8	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.33	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.45	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$726	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.9	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1979	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.66	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.51	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.64	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.6	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.42	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.7	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$225	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8707	$5235

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$460
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$420
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$503
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$612
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$533
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$528
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$543
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$511
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$623
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$654
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$596
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$582
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$552
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$658
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$717
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$578
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$526
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$567
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$609
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$421
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$627
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$687
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$597
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$758
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$687
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$567
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$524
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$833
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$686
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$412
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$689
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$688
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$617
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$491
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$820

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