Nur-Sultan vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$376	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	93
😀 Quality of life	64	87
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.38M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 49% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6565th and 3363rd ($770 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 4554th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Prague

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	Nur-Sultan	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120