Nur-Sultan vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$3810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$8485
🏠 One person rent	$376	$2688
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$4744
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$759
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$6191
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	87
😀 Quality of life	64	92
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.01M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 80% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 6565th and 8th ($770 vs $3810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th 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 Jose, United States. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs San Jose, United States ranked 11th in the United States, while ranked 4554th and 82nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs San Jose, United States

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	Nur-Sultan	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$100
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$2643
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$2388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$5083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$4230
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$179
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$274
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$69.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$9512
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$9578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$90.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$4.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$5.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$6.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$6.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$7.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$129
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$149
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1805
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$25839

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968