New Taipei vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New Taipei	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1108	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2892	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$482	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$394	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1360	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	45
😀 Quality of life	89	68
🏙️ Population	4.05M	1.08M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 51% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5023rd and 7085th ($1108 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Taiwan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New Taipei compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 252nd and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Nur-Sultan

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	New Taipei	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.9	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.72%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13830	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7127	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.5	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.67	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.19	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.19	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.6	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.75	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$656	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18576	$6043

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602

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