Nur-Sultan vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$362	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	42	66
😀 Quality of life	68	88
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.25M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 49% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6947th and 4204th ($729 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 6th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4595th and 312th 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	$8.4	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483