Nur-Sultan vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$376	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	64	78
🏙️ Population	1.08M	24.9M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 30% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6565th and 4858th ($770 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4554th and 675th 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	$9.99	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746