Nur-Sultan vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$362	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$969
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	42	96
😀 Quality of life	68	78
🏙️ Population	1.08M	17.5M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 17% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6947th and 6334th ($729 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 4595th and 1094th 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	$8.4	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634