Nur-Sultan vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$2526
🏠 One person rent	$412	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$975
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$87.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$938
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	95
😀 Quality of life	69	76
🏙️ Population	1.08M	17.5M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 17% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6663rd and 5618th ($823 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 10th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.9 months in Shenzhen. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shenzhen ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 1163rd 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	$8.67	$3.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$54.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$13122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$6054
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$4.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$4.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$7.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$34.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$39.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$21140

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$678
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$694
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1734
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$548
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$638
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$873
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$785
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$627
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$954
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$858
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$777
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$801
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$908
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$793
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$682
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$474
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$828
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$766
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$778
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$802
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$797
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$758
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$739
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$751
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$705
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$714
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$729
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$711
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$892
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$528
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$648