Nur-Sultan vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$4114
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	81
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.43M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 62% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 6565th and 1745th ($770 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1531st in Kazakhstan and the United States, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 4554th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs San Antonio

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	Nur-Sultan	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133