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

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$553
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	95	64
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.08M

The cost of living in New York City is 477% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 3rd and 6565th ($4441 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 22nd and 4554th 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	$29.7	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$5487

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512