Nur-Sultan vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$362	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	53
😀 Quality of life	68	70
🏙️ Population	1.08M	8.78M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 17% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6947th and 7641st ($729 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 138th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 4595th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Quanzhou

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	Nur-Sultan	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941