Nur-Sultan vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$412	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$1115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	45	73
😀 Quality of life	69	74
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.06M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 18% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6663rd and 5531st ($823 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 360th in Kazakhstan and Japan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 4272nd and 2040th 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	$8.67	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$4242

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014