Nur-Sultan vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$412	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$801
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	18
😀 Quality of life	69	46
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.49M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 20% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6663rd and 7385th ($823 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 80th 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 Shangrao. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 7068th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shangrao

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	Nur-Sultan	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$25646

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628