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

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	45
😀 Quality of life	95	69
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.08M

The cost of living in New York City is 410% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4th and 6663rd ($4202 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1 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 15th and 4272nd 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	$22.6	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$6976

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553