Nur-Sultan vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2005	$799
🏠 One person rent	$395	$128
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$227
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$119
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.3	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$626	$138
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	43	67
😀 Quality of life	63	35
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.1M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 146% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6335th and 9155th ($814 vs $331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 11th 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 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 4845th and 7850th 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	$11.1	$1.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$8.01
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$3.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$1.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$471	$90.1
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$71.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$222
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$136
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$60.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$714
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$815	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$6.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$3.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.15	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$1.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$0.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$7.87
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$3.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$4.55
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$1.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$12.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$43.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$36
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8086	$1496

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$389
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$238
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$278
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$335
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$281
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$311
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$277
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$307
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$352
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$393
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$330
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$303
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$298
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$399
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$240
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$344
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$268
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$289
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$386
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$347
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$364
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$337
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$260
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$508
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$399
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$423
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$290
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$394
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$449
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$567
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$328
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$338
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$448
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$307
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$455
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$401
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$282