Nur-Sultan vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$362	$647
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$915
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$84.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$81.5
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	36
😀 Quality of life	68	18
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.48M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 31% less expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 6947th and 5196th ($729 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Kazakhstan and Nigeria, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Onitsha ranked 15th in Nigeria, while ranked 4595th and 9140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Onitsha

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	Nur-Sultan	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$572
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$972
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$24.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1061
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$7.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$6.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$6.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$2.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$1.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$110
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$8.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$8.54
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$1.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$1418

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1774
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$563
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$961
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$632
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$674
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$926
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$664
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$644
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$397
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$778
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$705
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1514
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$849
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$752
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1413
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$665
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$526
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$755
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$664
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$698
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1102
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$852
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1363
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$793
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$810
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$793
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$393
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$646
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$598
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$652
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$781
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1241
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$671
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$835
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$699