New York City vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	New York City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4044	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8222	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$2662	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$3953	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$392	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6298	$626
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	96	63
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.08M

The cost of living in New York City is 397% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6th and 6335th ($4044 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in the United States and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the United States vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in New York City compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Nur-Sultan

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	New York City	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.2	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.64	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.71	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3504	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2240	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3748	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3719	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16943	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12588	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$135	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.11	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.87	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.87	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.7	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.99	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$115	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.2	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.7	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1647	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17859	$8086

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2529
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$2821
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2743
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2739
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3241
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2691
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2638
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2613
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2494
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2608
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2612
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2520
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$1956
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2622
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2400
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2464
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2612
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2433
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2351
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2338
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2684
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2653
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2422
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2638
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2695
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2615
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2660
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2627
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2614
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2698
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2534
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2404
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2737
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2784
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2465
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2447
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3028

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651