Nur-Sultan vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$362	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	42	24
😀 Quality of life	68	45
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.56M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 21% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6947th and 7790th ($729 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 167th 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 Shaoyang. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 4595th and 7090th 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	$8.4	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599