Nur-Sultan vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$416
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$962
🏠 One person rent	$362	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$264
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$160
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$156
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	42	68
😀 Quality of life	68	50
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.1M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 75% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6947th and 8945th ($729 vs $416) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th 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 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Rawalpindi ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 4595th and 6592nd 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	$8.4	$1.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$1.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$138
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$63.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$114
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	21.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$9.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$4.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$1.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$1.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$8.86
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$3.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$2.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$12.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$43.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$764

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$443
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$344
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$277
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$354
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$265
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$351
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$320
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$364
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$334
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$376
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$363
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$311
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$302
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$372
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$316
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$333
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$427
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$354
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$294
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$351
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$303
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$380
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$350
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$393
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$291
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$337
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$401
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$458
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$362
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$347
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$421
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$403
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$396
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$373
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$270