Nur-Sultan vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$4131
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	99
😀 Quality of life	64	90
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.6M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 70% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 6565th and 664th ($770 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 610th in Kazakhstan and the United States, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Philadelphia ranked 28th in the United States, while ranked 4554th and 138th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Philadelphia

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	Nur-Sultan	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$19774

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693