Nur-Sultan vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2195
🏠 One person rent	$362	$443
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$741
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$50
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$746
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	42	47
😀 Quality of life	68	66
🏙️ Population	1.08M	276K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 22% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 6947th and 6050th ($729 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 4595th and 5081st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sarajevo

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	Nur-Sultan	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$8.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$8.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$387
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$25.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$3478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$2305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$8.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$7.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$6.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$3470

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$618
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$760
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$707
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$669
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$734
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$883
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1610
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$920
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1539
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$858
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1261
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1623
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1107
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$967
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1515
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$617
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1047
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1503
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1195
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$685
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1111
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1072
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1335
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$918
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1153
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1115
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$819
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1107
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$557
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$665
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1033
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1322
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$655
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$965
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$832