Nur-Sultan vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$376	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	43	24
😀 Quality of life	64	39
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.56M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 30% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6565th and 7740th ($770 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 4554th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shaoyang

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	Nur-Sultan	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$11393

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600