Nur-Sultan vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$376	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	20
😀 Quality of life	64	41
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.44M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 15% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6565th and 7052nd ($770 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 4554th and 6873rd 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	$9.99	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621