Nur-Sultan vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$376	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	43	72
😀 Quality of life	64	90
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.06M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 27% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6565th and 5132nd ($770 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 324th in Kazakhstan and Japan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 4554th and 156th 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	$9.99	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034