Nur-Sultan vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$362	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$648
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	42	24
😀 Quality of life	68	44
🏙️ Population	1.08M	7.82M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 22% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6947th and 7835th ($729 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 4595th and 7180th 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	$8.4	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517