Nur-Sultan vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$412	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	49
😀 Quality of life	69	71
🏙️ Population	1.08M	8.78M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 27% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6663rd and 7630th ($823 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 134th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 3354th 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	$8.67	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$9745

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954