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

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$591
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	43
😀 Quality of life	97	64
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.08M

The cost of living in New York City is 420% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5th and 6525th ($4051 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th 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 1.4 months in New York City compared to 0.8 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 13th and 4508th 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	$24.7	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$6243

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

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