Nur-Sultan vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$412	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$1068
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	99
😀 Quality of life	69	76
🏙️ Population	1.08M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 28% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6663rd and 4880th ($823 vs $1147) 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 1178th 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	$8.67	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$27610

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789