Nur-Sultan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2005	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$395	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.3	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$626	$2566
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	71
😀 Quality of life	63	74
🏙️ Population	1.08M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 50% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6335th and 2922nd ($814 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4845th and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Riyadh

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	Nur-Sultan	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$471	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$815	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.15	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8086	$9649

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561