Nur-Sultan vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2005	$2825
🏠 One person rent	$395	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.3	$94.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$626	$1524
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	63	80
🏙️ Population	1.08M	17.5M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 13% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6335th and 5744th ($814 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 16th 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 1.6 months in Shenzhen. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 4845th and 460th 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	$11.1	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$471	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$1719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$954
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$60
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$12768
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$815	$7264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.15	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$7.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8086	$24305

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2410
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$618
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$589
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1565
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$481
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$837
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$742
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$575
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1083
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$816
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$891
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$781
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$830
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$876
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$738
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$856
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$716
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$799
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$588
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$824
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$774
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$785
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$831
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$857
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$812
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$752
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$806
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$735
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$721
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$620
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$851
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$525
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$584