Nur-Sultan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$376	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	72
😀 Quality of life	64	78
🏙️ Population	1.08M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 53% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6565th and 2911th ($770 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4554th and 733rd 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	$9.99	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$10598

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529