Nanyang vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nanyang	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$578	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1586	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$213	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$366	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$723	$690
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	83 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	17	45
😀 Quality of life	44	68
🏙️ Population	9.71M	1.08M

The cost of living in Nanyang is 21% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8149th and 7085th ($578 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 300th and 7th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Nanyang compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Nanyang ranked 322nd best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7322nd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nanyang vs Nur-Sultan

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	Nanyang	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.37	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.32	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$213	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$271	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.2	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.7	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.72	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.5%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2935	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1639	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.77	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.54	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.29	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.05	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.85	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.7	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.18	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14394	$6043

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Cities near Nanyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Dengzhou	$555
98 km or 61 mi	Wugang	$526
99 km or 62 mi	Zaoyang	$561
105 km or 66 mi	Laohekou	$544
108 km or 67 mi	Danjiangkou	$540
109 km or 68 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
110 km or 68 mi	Xiangyang	$570
134 km or 83 mi	Ruzhou	$523
140 km or 87 mi	Zhumadian	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Yicheng	$554
152 km or 95 mi	Luohe	$543
155 km or 96 mi	Yuzhou	$520
163 km or 101 mi	Suizhou	$594
165 km or 103 mi	Xuchang	$491
169 km or 105 mi	Shiyan	$553
169 km or 105 mi	Dengfeng	$518
174 km or 108 mi	Xinyang	$596
178 km or 110 mi	Changge	$509
185 km or 115 mi	Luoyang	$525
188 km or 117 mi	Xinmi	$516
191 km or 119 mi	Xinzheng	$518
193 km or 120 mi	Yanshi	$514
196 km or 122 mi	Guangshui	$590
199 km or 124 mi	Gongyi	$516
204 km or 126 mi	Zhongxiang	$575
208 km or 129 mi	Zhoukou	$598
214 km or 133 mi	Mengzhou	$506
214 km or 133 mi	Xingyang	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Jingmen	$589
221 km or 137 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
222 km or 138 mi	Anlu	$591
226 km or 140 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
226 km or 141 mi	Jingshan	$585
228 km or 142 mi	Lingbao	$517
232 km or 144 mi	Jiyuan	$518
233 km or 145 mi	Sanmenxia	$529
236 km or 146 mi	Qinyang	$507
249 km or 155 mi	Yingcheng	$599
251 km or 156 mi	Dangyang	$562
256 km or 159 mi	Jiaozuo	$489

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537