Nur-Sultan vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$376	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	7
😀 Quality of life	64	53
🏙️ Population	1.08M	77.6K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 18% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 6565th and 5827th ($770 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Kazakhstan and Thailand, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 4554th and 6063rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Phuket

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	Nur-Sultan	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$13013

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810