Nur-Sultan vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$802
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1954
🏠 One person rent	$362	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$638
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$304
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$60.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	42	23
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.37M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 9% less expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 6947th and 6661st ($729 vs $802) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 21st in Kazakhstan and Turkey, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.9 months in Samsun. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Samsun ranked 12th in Turkey, while ranked 4595th and 5884th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Nur-Sultan vs Samsun infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nur-sultan/samsun.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nur-Sultan vs Samsun infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nur-sultan/samsun" target="_blank">Nur-Sultan vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Samsun

Prices for goods and services in Nur-Sultan and Samsun are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nur-Sultan	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$7.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$8.43
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$422
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$763
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	44.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$4056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$3246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$8.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$17.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$2.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$3.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$0.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$60.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$4.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$3613

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$728
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$779
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$720
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$1059
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$691
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$697
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$712
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$709
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$786
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$800
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$759
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$687
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$737
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$758
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$700
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$725
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$696
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$750
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$578
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$820
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$1118
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$745
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$624
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$681
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$627
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$892
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$838
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$622
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$781
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$689
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$780
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$655
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$754
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$713
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$704
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$693
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$623
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$793
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$852