Nur-Sultan vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$362	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	42	85
😀 Quality of life	68	71
🏙️ Population	1.08M	9.07M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 32% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 6947th and 8245th ($729 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 341st 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 1.3 months in Shenyang. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 4595th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shenyang

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	Nur-Sultan	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$24707

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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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501