Nur-Sultan vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$362	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	100
😀 Quality of life	68	77
🏙️ Population	1.08M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 35% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6947th and 4879th ($729 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4595th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shanghai

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	Nur-Sultan	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$27624

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753