Nur-Sultan vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$362	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	42	93
😀 Quality of life	68	89
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 59% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6947th and 2821st ($729 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 4595th and 277th 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	$8.4	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$15329

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284