Nur-Sultan vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$3322
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$6846
🏠 One person rent	$357	$2058
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$916
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$4546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	45	52
😀 Quality of life	68	89
🏙️ Population	1.08M	139K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 78% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7085th and 86th ($732 vs $3322) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Iceland, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 4594th and 268th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Reykjavik

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	Nur-Sultan	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$28.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$90.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$20.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$6.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$2151
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$3373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$2721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$81.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$87.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	8.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$7832
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$6385
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$5.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$87.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$2.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$4.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$6.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$44.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$24.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$5.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$5.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$95.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$46.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$176
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$30361

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3219
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3212
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2621
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2974
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2066
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2053
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1540
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1620
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1645
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1656
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1852
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1906
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1862
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2121
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1585
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1769
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1707
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1854
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1588
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1784
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1954
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1496
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1945
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1980
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2978
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2179
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1490
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2363
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2135
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1984
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2627
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2409