Nur-Sultan vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$376
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$904
🏠 One person rent	$378	$144
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$241
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$125
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$57.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$187
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	43	67
😀 Quality of life	64	31
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.1M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 107% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6525th and 9038th ($780 vs $376) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th in Kazakhstan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.5 months in Rawalpindi. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Rawalpindi ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 4508th and 7946th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Rawalpindi

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	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$1.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$9.23
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$3.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$117
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$77.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$253
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$135
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$68.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	20.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$482
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$5.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$4.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$4.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$1.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$7.35
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$3.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$17.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$12.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$31.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$1015

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$439
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$323
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$328
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$372
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$277
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$354
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$330
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$374
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$338
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$456
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$335
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$344
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$280
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$373
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$308
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$319
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$406
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$358
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$344
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$312
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$500
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$407
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$441
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$310
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$378
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$469
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$599
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$358
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$360
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$430
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$371
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$476
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$397
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$286