Nur-Sultan vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1689
🏠 One person rent	$412	$247
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$424
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$73.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$719
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	45	17
😀 Quality of life	69	44
🏙️ Population	1.08M	7.82M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 35% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6663rd and 7879th ($823 vs $612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 222nd 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 1.2 months in Shangqiu. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shangqiu ranked 350th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 7390th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shangqiu

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	Nur-Sultan	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$188
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$424
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$67.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$7.32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$2811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$4.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$33.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$257
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$19212

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$588
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$811
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$595
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$555
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$457
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$575
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$610
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$567
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$565
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$531
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$605
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$585
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$589
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$613
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$487
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$504
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$514
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$519
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$491
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$523
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$484
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$533
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$516
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$502
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$520
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$520
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$590
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$507
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$599
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$562
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$508
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$523
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$533
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$521
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$560
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$522