Nur-Sultan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$412	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	45	70
😀 Quality of life	69	78
🏙️ Population	1.08M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 49% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6663rd and 3485th ($823 vs $1628) 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4272nd and 899th 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	$8.67	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$10912

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459