Nur-Sultan vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$665
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$2017
🏠 One person rent	$357	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$86.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$799
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	18
😀 Quality of life	68	47
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.49M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 10% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 7085th and 7479th ($732 vs $665) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 91st in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shangrao ranked 204th in China, while ranked 4594th and 6989th 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	$8.16	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$281
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$496
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$316
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$30.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$47.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	3.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$4424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$2203
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$4.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$5.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$7.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$40.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$6.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$30231

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$586
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$594
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$617
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$428
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$628
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$598
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$697
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$682
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$539
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$599
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$544
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$634
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$654
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$634
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$644
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$763
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$705
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$646
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$579
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$602
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$665
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$860
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$656
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$603
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$652
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$588
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$680
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$630
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$643
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$651
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$682
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$668
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$633