Nairobi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nairobi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$745	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2030	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$269	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$591
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	67	43
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	5.55M	1.08M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 4% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6689th and 6525th ($745 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Kenya and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Kenya vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 5632nd and 4508th 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	$3.67	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.58%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1536	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1125	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.5	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.2	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.09	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8325	$6243

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$571
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$482
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$493
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$543
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$548
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$460
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$518
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$483
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$581
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$583
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$560
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$511
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$466
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$601
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$643
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$707
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$559
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$564
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$675
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$736
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$639
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$579
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$509
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$622
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$723
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$509
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$568
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$545
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$784
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$509
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$441
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$510
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$509
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$576
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$579
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$768

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595