Nur-Sultan vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$972
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2129
🏠 One person rent	$376	$590
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1043
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$82.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$103
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	36
😀 Quality of life	64	12
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.48M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 21% less expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 6565th and 5680th ($770 vs $972) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Kazakhstan and Nigeria, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 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 4554th and 9148th 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	$9.99	$3.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1843
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$49.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	16.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$4.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$6.24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$1.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$3.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$1.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$0.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$99.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$7.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$8.22
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$1.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$17.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$51.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$1617

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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

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1611
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$462
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$883
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$558
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$621
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$881
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$651
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$634
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$384
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$779
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$695
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1502
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$764
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$776
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$741
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$601
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$535
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$655
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$677
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$553
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1113
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$743
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1265
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$555
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$820
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$709
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$371
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$613
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$590
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$759
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1121
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$747
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$755
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$647