Nur-Sultan vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$1038
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$3066
🏠 One person rent	$378	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$1034
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$1869
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	43	99
😀 Quality of life	64	79
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.33M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 25% less expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 6525th and 5386th ($780 vs $1038) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 468th in Kazakhstan and Japan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.8 months in Saitama. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Saitama ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 4508th and 592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Saitama

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	Nur-Sultan	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$6.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$2.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$378
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$1155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	1.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$5623
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$3881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$5.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$9.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$53
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$12701

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$964
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$980
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1000
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1038
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1016
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1056
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1059
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1061
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1033
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1062
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1060
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1031
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1077
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1095
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1050
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1641
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1052
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1062
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1095
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1057
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1065
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1075