Nur-Sultan vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$376	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	43	68
😀 Quality of life	64	46
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.1M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 92% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6565th and 8953rd ($770 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Kazakhstan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 4554th and 6500th 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	$9.99	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$1075

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272