Nur-Sultan vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$1703
🏠 One person rent	$378	$223
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$727
😷 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 27% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6525th and 7649th ($780 vs $612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 262nd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 4508th and 7013th 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	$10.4	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	4.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$3476
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$3102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$21.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$5.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$10066

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$553
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$570
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$600
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$618
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$611
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$599
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$603
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$595
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$611
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$582
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$497
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$556
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$746
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$569
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$596
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$594
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$538
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$552
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$623
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$783
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$566
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$611
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$780
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$592
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$573
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$852
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$590
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$628
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$580
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$605
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$614
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$813
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$607
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$619
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$581
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$610