Nicosia vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nicosia	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1352	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3249	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$701	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1285	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$434	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1689	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	69	43
😀 Quality of life	81	64
🏙️ Population	330K	1.08M

The cost of living in Nicosia is 73% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4220th and 6525th ($1352 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Cyprus and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Cyprus vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Nicosia compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Nicosia ranked 1st best city to live in Cyprus vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 469th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nicosia vs Nur-Sultan

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	Nicosia	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.85	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$631	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$506	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$992	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2667	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1828	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.7	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.82	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.96	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.66	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.7	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.9	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7504	$6243

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Cities near Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1356
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1216
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1242
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1559
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1331
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1150
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2130
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1832
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1528
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$627
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$835
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$789
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$427
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$536
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$689
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$708
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1165
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$948
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$510
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$767
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$618
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$705
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$545
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$857
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$450
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$596
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1565
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1451
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$576
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1582
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$516
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$450
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$963
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1579
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591

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