Nur-Sultan vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$1173
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2005	$2837
🏠 One person rent	$395	$526
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$901
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$407
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.3	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$626	$1651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	73
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.96M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 31% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 6335th and 4509th ($814 vs $1173) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 30th in Kazakhstan and Japan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.4 months in Sapporo. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 4845th and 170th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sapporo

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	Nur-Sultan	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$9.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$26.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$3.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$471	$433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$714
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$41.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	1.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$2557
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$815	$1835
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$33.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$8.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$6.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.15	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$7.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$53.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$264
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8086	$10328

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1052
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1048
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1050
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1046
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1043
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1033
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1003
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1056
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$958
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1058
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1062
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1069
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$953
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$929
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$959
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$943
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1034
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1086
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1086
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$986
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$999
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1125
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$994
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$947
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1090
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$955
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$992
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$967
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1164
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$973
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$972
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1093
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1085
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1085
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1090
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1081
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1111
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1106
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1117