Nur-Sultan vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$357	$451
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$763
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$51.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$744
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	68	66
🏙️ Population	1.08M	276K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 23% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 7085th and 5994th ($732 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd 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 0.9 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 4594th and 5011th 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	$8.16	$9.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$8.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$704
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$501
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$24.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$3347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$2388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$3.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$4.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$6.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$29.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$3948

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$819
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$721
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$682
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$741
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$924
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1193
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1744
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$965
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$992
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$888
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1288
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1673
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1156
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$990
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1566
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$629
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1066
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1571
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1206
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$723
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$851
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1150
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1160
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1173
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1378
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$948
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1191
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1150
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$839
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1119
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$571
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$676
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1124
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1457
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1171
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$694
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1031
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$923