Nur-Sultan vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$376	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$401
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	35
😀 Quality of life	64	35
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.96M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 41% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6565th and 8272nd ($770 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Yemen, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 4554th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sanaa

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	Nur-Sultan	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$2809

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886