Nur-Sultan vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	99
😀 Quality of life	68	96
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.11M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 70% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7085th and 916th ($732 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Kazakhstan and France, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4594th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Paris

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	Nur-Sultan	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$17184

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544