Nur-Sultan vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$376	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$5531
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	43	87
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.39M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 78% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6565th and 36th ($770 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 32nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 4554th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs San Diego

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	Nur-Sultan	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$28706

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759