Nur-Sultan vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$378	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$1649
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	64	79
🏙️ Population	1.08M	17.7M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 19% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6525th and 5948th ($780 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 13th 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 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 4508th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shenzhen

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	Nur-Sultan	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$24117

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618