Nur-Sultan vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$1473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$3212
🏠 One person rent	$357	$912
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$1543
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$2465
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	66
😀 Quality of life	68	87
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.25M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 50% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7085th and 4144th ($732 vs $1473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 5th in Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Sharjah. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4594th and 352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sharjah

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	Nur-Sultan	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$9.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$668
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$1201
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$8753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$6966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$6.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$5.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$7922

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2183
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2420
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1214
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1457
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1080
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$796
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1135
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2014
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1923
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$545
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$541
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$575
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$545
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1309
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1109
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1192
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$563
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$575
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$931
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1037
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$565
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$547
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$823
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$627
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$489
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$487
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$813
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$565
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$492