Nur-Sultan vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1030
🏠 One person rent	$412	$182
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$297
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$43.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$147
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	45	69
😀 Quality of life	69	51
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.1M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 84% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6663rd and 8874th ($823 vs $446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Kazakhstan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.3 months in Rawalpindi. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Rawalpindi ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 4272nd and 6631st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nur-Sultan	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$1.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$5.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$178
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$73.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$134
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	22.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$3.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$6.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$4.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$1.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$11.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$16.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$43.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$806

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$496
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$371
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$280
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$373
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$253
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$373
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$335
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$394
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$321
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$344
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$391
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$382
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$313
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$286
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$309
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$393
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$332
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$359
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$450
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$381
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$306
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$379
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$339
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$397
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$371
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$438
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$340
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$346
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$456
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$504
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$401
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$350
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$391
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$440
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$447
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$379
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$252