Nur-Sultan vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$378	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$2543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	43	73
😀 Quality of life	64	92
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.06M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 30% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6525th and 4890th ($780 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 142nd 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 2.3 months in Sendai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 4508th and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sendai

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	Nur-Sultan	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$6369

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057