Nur-Sultan vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	80
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	1.08M	737K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 74% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 6565th and 158th ($770 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 4554th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Seattle

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	Nur-Sultan	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093