Novosibirsk vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Novosibirsk	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$698	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$316	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$599	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$616	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	43
😀 Quality of life	58	64
🏙️ Population	1.63M	1.08M

The cost of living in Novosibirsk is 9% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6907th and 6565th ($698 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 3rd in Russia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Russia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Novosibirsk compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Novosibirsk ranked 10th best city to live in Russia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5517th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Novosibirsk vs Nur-Sultan

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	Novosibirsk	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.1	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.48	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.37%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1981	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.8	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.22	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.82	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$278	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4263	$5487

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Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648

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